§ Sir Wyn RobertsTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what are the latest available figures for average weekly earnings in(a) Wales and (b) the United Kingdom for (i) males and (ii) females. [17088]
§ Mrs. Angela Knight[holding answer 24 February 1997]: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the chief executive of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Tim Holt to Sir Wyn Roberts, dated 3 March 1997:
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has asked me to reply as the Director of the Office for National Statistics to your recent question on average weekly earnings in Wales and the United Kingdom.In April 1996, average gross weekly earnings of full time employees on adult rates, whose pay for the survey period was unaffected by absence were as follows:
Wales £ United Kingdom £ Males 345.50 389.90 Females 250.50 282.30 All 313.10 350.30 This information is taken from the 1996 New Earning Survey conducted separately in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The results of the Great Britain survey are published in six volumes, copies of which are available in the House of Commons Library. The results of the Northern Ireland survey can be obtained directly from the Department of Economic Development.