asked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) if he will print in the Official Report (a) the minimum weekly rates of wages operative on 31st October 1972 and (b) the size and date of any change in such rates—including threshold awards—since that date, for full-time adult men and women covered by the following national agreements (i) chemicals and allied industries JIC (Great Britain), (ii) furniture trade JIC (Great Britain), (iii) pottery industry NJC (Great Britain), and (iv) rubber manufacturing industry NJIC (Great Britain);(2) if he will print in the
Official Report ( a) the minimum weekly rate of wages operative on 31st October 1972, and ( b) the size and date of any change in such rates (including threshold awards) since that date, for full-time adult men and women covered by the following national agreements (i) banking NJC, (ii) dock workers NJC (Great Britain), and
(iii) road passenger transport company-owned undertakings (Great Britain);
(3) if he will print in the Official Report ( a) the minimum weekly rate of wages operative on 31st October 1972, and ( b) the size and date of any change in such rates (including threshold awards) since that date, for full-time adult men and women covered by the following national agreements (i) motor vehicle retail and repair industry NJC (United Kingdom), (ii) retail co-operative societies (Great Britain), and (iii) retail multiple grocery and provisions trade JC (E&W);
(4) if he will print in the Official Report ( a) the minimum weekly rate of wages operative on 31st October 1972, and ( b) the size and date of any change in such rates (including threshold awards) since that date, for full-time adult men and women covered by the following national agreements (i) baking industry-NJC (Great Britain), (ii) cotton and man-made fibres spinning and weaving, (iii) hosiery trade NJIC (Midlands), (iv) woollen and worsted spinning and weaving (Yorkshire), and (v) footwear manufacture (United Kingdom);
(5) if he will print in the Official Report ( a) the minimum weekly rate of wages operative on 31st October 1972, and ( b) the size and date of any change in such rates (including threshold awards) since that date, for full-time adult men and women covered by the following national agreements (i) printing and bookbinding (E&W except London), (ii) general printing (London), and (iii) morning, evening and Sunday newspapers (London);
(6) if he will print in the Official Report ( a) the minimum weekly rate of wages operative on 31st October 1972, and ( b) the size and date of any change in such rates (including threshold awards) since that date, for full-time adult men and women covered by the following national agreements (i) baking industry—multiple bakers NJC (E&W), and (ii) food manufacturing industry JIC (Great Britain);
(7) if he will print in the Official Report ( a) the minimum weekly rate of wages operative on 31st October 1972, and ( b) the size and date of any change in such rates (including threshold awards) since that date, for full-time adult men and women covered by the following
national agreements (i) coalmining (Great Britain) (manual), (ii) coalmining (Great Britain) (non-manual), (iii) fire services (Great Britain), (iv) iron and steel—British Steel Corporation, and (v) police service;
(8) if he will print in the Official Report ( a) the minimum weekly rate of wages operative on 31st October 1972, and ( b) the size and date of any change in such rates (including threshold awards) since that date, for full-time adult men and women covered by the following national agreements (i) municipal undertakings NJIC, (ii) London Transport—drivers and conductors, (iii) British Road Services NJNC—operating and other wage grades (Great Britain), (iv) civil air transport NJC (manual), and (v) civil air transport NJC (non-manual);
(9) if he will print in the Official Report ( a) the minimum weekly rate of wages operative on 31st October 1972, and ( b) the size and date of any change in such rates (including threshold awards) since that date, for full-time adult men and women covered by the following national agreements (i) engineering manual workers (United Kingdom), and (ii) shipbuilding and ship repairing (United Kingdom);
(10) if he will print in the Official Report ( a) the minimum weekly rate of wages operative on 31st October 1972, and ( b) the size and date of any change in such rates (including threshold awards) since that date, for full-time adult men and women covered by the following national agreements (i) building industry NJC (E&W), and (ii) civil engineering construction CB (Great Britain);
(11) if he will print in the Official Report ( a) the lowest statutory minimum rate of weekly wages operative on 31st October 1972, and ( b) the date and size of any change in such rates—including threshold awards—since that date, for full-time adult men and women in the following wages council trade; agriculture (E&W).
Information about rates of pay for manual workers in most of the national collective agreements and in the wages board named above is given in the annual volumes "Time Rates of Wages and Hours of Work" which relate to the position in April of each year. This information is brought up to date by means of entries in the monthly publication "Changes in Rates of Wages and Hours of Work". Copies of both these publications are available in the Library.Following is the information requested in respect of the four collective agreements for which details are not published in this way. In these agreements, apart from that for the police service, there are no separate rates for women. In each case details are quoted for the lowest rated grade.
| 1. COAL MINING (G.B.) (NON-MANUAL) | ||
| General clerical grade, age 21 years | ||
| Rate at 31st October 1972: £21·20 per week | ||
| Subsequent increases | ||
| Date | Amount per week | Notes |
| 1973: | £ | |
| 1st April | 2·29 | — |
| 1974: | ||
| 1st March | 6·71 | — |
| May | 1·20 | "Threshold" payment |
| June | 0·80 | ditto |
| July | 0·40 | ditto |
| August | 0·40 | ditto |
| October | 0·40 | ditto |
| November | 1·20 | ditto |
| 2. CIVIL AIR TRANSPORT NJC (NON-MANUAL) | ||
| Clerical grade C1 | ||
| Rate at 31st October 1972: £21·45 per week | ||
| Subsequent increases | ||
| Date | Amount per week | Notes |
| 1974: | £ | |
| 1st January | 2·25 | — |
| May | 1·20 | "Threshold" payment |
| June | 0·80 | ditto |
| July | 0·40 | ditto |
| August | 0·40 | ditto |
| October | 0·40 | ditto |
| November | 1·20 | ditto |
| 1975: | ||
| 1st January | 2·81 | — |
| 3. BANKING NJC | ||
| Messengers | ||
| Rate at 31st October 1972: £1,143 per annum | ||
| Subsequent increases | ||
| Date | Amount per annum | Notes |
| 1973: | £ | |
| 7th November | 162 | — |
| 1974: | ||
| May | 62 | "Threshold" payment |
| June | 42 | ditto |
| 31st July | 280 | — |
| 4. POLICE SERVICE | |||
| Constables on appointment Rates at 31st October 1972 (exclusive of rent allowance) | |||
| Men: £1,251 per annum | |||
| Women: £1,188 per annum | |||
| Subsequent increases | |||
| Men | Women | ||
| Date | Amount per annum | Notes | |
| 1973: | £ | £ | |
| 1st September | 102 | 99 | — |
| 1974: | |||
| May | 62 | 62 | "Threshold" payment. |
| June | 42 | 42 | ditto |
| July | 21 | 21 | ditto |
| August | 21 | 21 | ditto |
| 1st September | 363 | 429 | — |