§ Mr. DewarTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish a table showing average gross weekly earnings for full-time male employees on adult rates in Great Britain for every year from 1979 to the latest year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. NichollsThe information requested is published in table 15 of part A of the 1989 new earnings survey report. A copy of the report is in the Library.
§ Mr. DewarTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what are the average gross hourly earnings in Great Britain for full-time manual workers, full-time non-manual workers, part-time manual workers and part-time non-manual workers, at the latest date for which figures are available.
§ Mr. NichollsThe latest available information, for April 1989, is provided in the following table:
Average gross hourly earnings (excluding overtime) of employees on adult rates £ Full-time manual employees 4.44 Full-time non-manual employees 6.83 Part-time manual employees 2.97 Part-time non-manual employees 4.23