asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity what information she has regarding the movement of wages of workers not involved in collective bargaining agreements during the past 12 months.

Only a relatively small proportion of manual workers are not covered by collective agreements or statutory wages regulation orders—for example those employed in private domestic service and unlicensed residential establishments—and I regret that I have no comprehensive information about movements in their wages.

asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity what information she has regarding the movement of salaries during the past 12 months.

The results of the annual inquiries carried out each October by my Department show that the average earnings of administrative technical and clerical employees rose by 4·6 per cent. between October, 1966, and October, 1967.