HC Deb 24 February 1994 vol 238 cc379-80W
Mr. William Ross

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what was(a) the cash income and (b) the real income of industrial workers in Northern Ireland in the longest available series of years since 1964, taking the latest available year as the base year.

Mr. Tim Smith

The information requested is readily available only from the new earnings survey for 1971 onwards. The table provides details of the average gross weekly earnings of employees—on adult rates—who work in manufacturing industries. The information on the retail prices index, all items, required to convert these to real

Estimated annual capital investment infixed assets and equipment in current terms, 1984–1993
£ million
1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 11993
Total buildings and works 134.02 110.40 100.10 83.60 68.46 76.91 81.80 54.03 53.69 55.79
Total plant, machinery and vehicles 44.51 54.60 43.37 41.68 52.06 57.38 50.73 47.79 61.27 68.00
Total investment 178.53 165.00 143.47 125.28 120.52 134.29 132.50 101.82 114.96 123.79
1 Provisional.

Estimated annual capital investment infixed assets and equipment in real terms, index (1993= 100)
£ million
1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 11993
Total buildings and works 378.90 294.03 257.79 206.97 161.46 168.32 163.46 102.05 97.70 100.00
Total plant, machinery and vehicles 103.25 119.31 91.63 84.66 100.74 103.03 83.18 74.06 91.47 100.00

terms is published in table 6.4 of the Employment Gazette for 1993 and in table 26 of the Annual Supplement to Economic Trends for earlier years.

Average gross weekly earnings of full-time employees on adult rates: Manufacturing Industries
Full-time men £ per week Full-time women £ per week Full-time adults £ per week
1971 29.3 14.6 24.6
1972 32.3 16.8 27.2
1973 37.0 19.1 31.3
1974 42.7 21.9 36.4
1975 55.2 31.0 48.1
1976 68.1 40.6 59.9
1977 70.7 43.9 62.9
1978 83.2 51.8 73.5
1979 96.5 55.4 82.8
1980 111.3 66.4 96.0
1981 124.1 78.4 110.2
1982 131.8 84.2 117.4
1983 141.7 88.8 126.6
1984 155.0 93.0 137.5
1985 166.6 105.0 147.4
1986 171.4 107.6 151.6
1987 187.8 112.8 165.9
1988 195.4 116.5 169.5
1989 211.5 134.0 186.3
1990 235.4 143.0 205.7
1991 250.6 152.3 220.3
1992 275.0 167.5 241.8
1993 279.2 172.3 247.7