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Mr. Ronald Brown
asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list in the OFFICIAL REPORT the average weekly earnings, including overtime, of men and women manual workers, normally working full time in all industries and services covered by the half-yearly inquiries carried out by his Department for the years 1950, 1960, 1964, 1966, 1968, the first half of 1970, the second half of 1970, and for 1971.
Mr. Dudley Smith
The available information is set out below:
| Men, 21 years and over | Women, 18 years and over | |
| £ | £ | |
| April, 1950 | 7·29 | 4·01 |
| October, 1950 | 7·52 | 4·12 |
| April, 1960 | 14·10 | 7·25 |
| October, 1960 | 14·53 | 7·4 |
| April, 1964 | 17·62 | 8·82 |
| October, 1964 | 18·11 | 8·95 |
| April, 1966 | 20·25 | 9·97 |
| October, 1966 | 20·30 | 10·07 |
| April, 1968 | 22·26 | 10·94 |
| October, 1968 | 23·00 | 11·30 |
| October, 1970 | 28·05 | 13·99 |