HC Deb 09 February 1993 vol 218 cc531-2W
Mr. Ron Davies

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the average wage of employed persons in Wales for each of the last 14 years; and if he will express these figures as a percentage of(a) the United Kingdom and (b) the European average.

Mr. David Hunt

The information requested is given in the table. Comparable figures for Europe as a whole or the European Community are not available.

Average gross weekly earnings of full time employees in Wales whose pay was not affected by absence for the survey pay period.
Year £ per week Percentage of United Kingdom
11979 87.6 98.0
11980 106.4 96.7
11981 119.4 95.8
11982 130.2 95.5
11983 140.0 94.7
21983 139.4 94.8
21984 149.2 93.8
21985 160.3 94.0
21986 170.3 92.5
21987 183.4 92.4
21988 196.5 90.3
21989 215.9 90.4
21990 232.1 88.5
21991 252.2 88.9
21992 270.9 89.2

Source: New Earnings Surveys, Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

1 From 1979 to 1983, men aged 21 and over and women aged 18 and over.

2From 1983 onwards, men and women on adult rates of pay irrespective of age.