§ Mr. Matthew TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will rank by average(a) male wage rates and (b) female wage rates in each of the counties in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
§ Mr. NichollsInformation on wage rates is not available. However, information on the average earnings of full-time employees on adult rates by county in Great Britain is published in table 110 for males, and table 113 for females, of part E of the 1989 new earnings survey report, a copy of which is in the Library. Figures by county are not readily available for Northern Ireland.