§ Mrs. RocheTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what proportion of(a) manual and (b) non-manual workers currently earn less than (i) £147.85, (ii) £197.30 and (iii) £207.13 excluding overtime payments; and what are the proportions separately for men and women.
§ Mr. McLoughlinThe available information closest to that requested is published in table 24 of part A of the 1992 "New Earnings Survey" report, a copy of which is in the Library.
§ Mrs. RocheTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the average pay of those aged under 18 years as a percentage of earning of those (i) aged 18 to 21 years and (ii) aged 21 years and over, in each year since 1979, in(a) Greater London and (b) Great Britain.
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§ Mr. McLoughlinThe available information closest to, that requested is given in the following table.
Average gross weekly earnings of full time employees whose pay for the survey pay period was not affected by absence.
Earnings of those aged under 18 years as a percentage of those aged:
Greater London Great Britain 18–20 21+ 18–20 21+ 1979 75.0 43.5 69.5 42.2 1980 — — 68.8 41.6 1981 72.3 41.9 70.2 41.4 1982 72.7 41.3 70.6 41.0 1983 66.5 37.2 67.7 38.7 1984 70.0 38.5 66.9 37.5 1985 71.1 38.4 69.1 38.4 1986 72.1 38.8 70.1 38.3 1987 72.8 38. 71.7 38.7 1988 75.5 40.0 73.2 39.4 1989 77.2 40.9 72.0 38.7 1990 75.7 40.3 71.5 38.3 1991 72.8 38.7 70.1 37.4 1992 73.3 36.7 69.9 36.1 Source: New Earnings Survey.
Note:" —" denotes sample number too small or standard error too large for reliable estimate.