§ Mr. Barry JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many full-time employees on adult rates(a) earned less and (b) earned more than two-thirds of average male earnings in Great Britain in 1979 and 1989; and how many of these were employed in Wales.
§ Mr. Nicholls[holding answer 10 May 1990]: Figures of the average earnings of full-time adult male employees in Great Britain in 1979 and 1989 are published in table 1 of part A of the 1979 and 1989 new earnings survey reports, copies of which are in the Library. The estimated numbers of full-time adult employees earning below specified amounts weekly are published in table 14 part A of the same reports. Comparable figures are not available by region but data on the percentage distribution of gross weekly earnings of full-time adult employees in Wales are published in table 114 of part E of the reports.