§ Mr. MeacherTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the level of national average earnings for(a) men, (b) women and (c) all workers (i) at current prices and (ii) at 1990 prices for each year since 1970; and what was the level of medium earnings for (a) men, (b) women and (c) all workers for each of these years.
Mr. JacksonInformation on the earnings of full-time adult employees in Great Britain in April of each year is published in table 15 of Part A of the annual new earnings survey reports. Figures for males and females combined are readily available only from 1983 onwards and are given in table 17 of the recently published part A of the 1990 survey report. Information on the retail prices index (all items) to convert the figures to 1990 prices is published in table 6.4 ofEmployment Gazette for April 1990, and table 26 of the annual supplement to Economic Trends for April of each earlier year.