§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will provide a table showing the number and percentage of the adult population in each region with less than the average annual national income level in each year since 1979.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe available information, the proportions of full-time employees in the new earnings survey sample with average gross weekly earnings below the level of average earnings, is provided in the table:
Full time employees—pay unaffected by absence Proportion earning below the level of average gross weekly earnings: At April Pern cent Greater London South East East Anglia South West 1979 49.2 53.4 65.1 64.4 1980 48.3 53.4 63.4 65.5 1981 48.2 53.7 64.0 64.3 1982 47.1 52.9 63.9 65.4 1983 46.9 52.9 65.1 65.0 1984 46.4 52.7 66.3 65.1 1985 46.7 52.8 64.1 67.6 1986 46.0 52.8 65.0 64.6 1987 46.1 52.4 65.9 64.9 1988 45.9 52.0 66.0 65.5 1989 45.2 51.7 64.6 65.4 1990 44.5 51.4 65.2 64.7 1991 44.6 51.5 65.7 65.2 1992 44.6 51.8 65.4 65.9
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West Midlands East Midlands Yorkshire/ Humberside North West 1979 58.6 60.1 58.7 59.7 1980 61.9 62.5 62.0 61.5 1981 64.1 63.4 62.6 62.5 1982 64.0 64.4 62.7 62.7 1983 64.8 65.0 62.8 63.8 1984 64.4 65.7 63.7 62.8 1985 64.5 65.9 63.0 62.9 1986 65.0 65.6 63.7 62.8 1987 65.7 66.8 65.0 63.8
1988 66.2 67.5 65.5 64.6 1989 66.3 67.8 66.0 65.1 1990 66.5 66.6 66.5 65.4 1991 67.3 67.2 67.2 64.8 1992 66.8 67.5 66.9 64.8
North Scotland Wales 1979 58.2 60.7 57.6 1980 60.0 63.0 61.6 1981 61.6 62.4 62.4 1982 62.0 62.3 61.7 1983 63.4 62.7 63.8 1984 63.8 62.0 64.3 1985 64.0 62.5 63.4 1986 63.7 64.1 65.1 1987 65.4 64.7 65.1 1988 66.6 66.0 66.9 1989 67.3 66.1 67.3 1990 66.9 65.9 68.3 1991 67.0 65.3 68.9 1992 65.5 65.8 68.0