§ Mr. BarronTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the average weekly wage in each year since 1965. [22987]
§ Mr. OppenheimInformation on the average weekly earnings of all full-time employees on adult rates of pay has been available only since 1983. The most convenient source is table 17 of recent reports of the new earnings survey. The 1994 report contains the information for 1984 to 1994 and the 1993 report that for 1983 to 1993. Table 16 contains information for males and females separately.
Between 1971 and 1983, the available information is for full-time men aged 21 and over and full-time women aged 18 and over. The information for 1974 to 1983 is in table 30 of the 1984 new earnings survey report and that for 1971 to 1973 is in table 15 of the 1980 report.
The available information for the years between 1955 and 1968 is in tables 54 and 55 of "British Labour Statistics Historical Abstract 1986–1968".
Copies of the publications are available in the Library.
§ Mr. BarronTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment (1) what has been the average weekly wage for(a) part-time male employees and (b) part-time female employees in each socio-economic group in each year since 1865; [22989]
(2) what has been the average weekly wage for (a) full-time male employees and (b) full-time female employees in each socio-economic group in each year since 1965. [23001]
§ Mr. OppenheimNo information on average earnings in each socio-economic group is available before an earnings question was introduced into the labour force survey at the end of 1992. For the years since 1971, information on average weekly earnings in each major occupation group can be found in the reports of the new earnings survey, copies of which are available in the Library.