§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment, pursuant to his answer of 11 March,Official Report, column 433, concerning rewards for productivity, whether he will publish in Economic Trends and its annual supplement figures matching those in table 23 showing as in index the increase in real wages of manual and non-manual workers broken down as between the public sector, private sector services and private sector manufacturing.
§ Mr. NelsonI have been asked to reply.
Increases in real wages can be calculated by taking the average earnings index and adjusting it to take account of the retail prices index, both of which are published in Economic Trends.
Monthly data on average earnings are not available for manual and non-manual workers in the public sector, private sector services and private sector manufacturing.