§ Mr. RuaneTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer by what percentage the pay of(a) manufacturing and (b) service industry employees has changed in each of the last 20 years. [141214]
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§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from John Pullinger to Mr. Chris Ruane, dated 30 November 2000:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent question about the percentage change of earnings in the manufacturing and service sectors in the past 20 years (141205). I am replying in his absence.
The Average Earnings Index (AEI)is the Office for National Statistics preferred method for measuring changes in average earnings. The attached table shows annual growth rates in average earnings for each of the past 20 years in services and manufacturing.