§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment whether the new earnings survey will continue to provide comparable figures for at least five years on those sectors previously covered by wages councils.
§ Mr. Michael Forsyth[holding answer 8 July 1993]: The new earnings survey obtains information on the earnings of employees covered by wages councils by asking employers to report the relevant wages councils. This practice will clearly cease when there are no wages councils. The extent to which information on earnings for selected occupations, industries and age groups can be used as a replacement, will be investigated before next April.