§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is his estimate of the increase since April 1979 in(a) output per head and (b) the average weekly earnings in real terms of adult male manual workers in the car industry.
Mr. JacksonThe increase in output per head in the motor vehicles and parts industry between the second quarter of 1979 and the second quarter of 1991 is estimated to be 57 per cent.
Information on the average gross weekly earnings of manual male employees in the motor vehicle industry can be found in table 4 of part A of the new earnings survey reports for 1979 and 1991.
Information on the retail prices index (all items) to convert 1979 figures to 1991 prices is published in table 6.4 of the latest Employment Gazette for April 1991, and in table 26 of the annual supplement to Economic Trends for April of earlier years.
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