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Mr. Bishop
asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will state the average weekly and hourly earnings of adult male workers in industry and the average earnings of all hired male farm workers, respectively, at the most recent date; what is the earnings gap and what is the variation in basic working hours for these employment categories.
Mr. Bryan
Following is the latest available information from the Department's regular earnings and hours inquiry and for agriculture:
| All Industries covered United Kingdom October 1971 | Agriculture* Half yearly period April to September 1971 | |
| Men manual workers 21 years and over | Hired regular whole-time men 20 years and over | |
| Average weekly earnings | £30·93 | £21·61 |
| Average hours worked per week | 44·7 | 49·1 |
| Average hourly earnings | 69·19p | 44·33p |
| Basic working hours per week | 40·0 | 42·0 |
| * England and Wales, except for average weekly earning which relate to Great Britain. | ||