asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the awards made by the Retail Furnishing and Allied Trades Wages Council in each of the past five years, showing the monetary value and percentage increase value in each case; and on how many occasions the independent members have voted with the employers' representatives to impose these levels of increase.

For an adult shop assistant in Provincial Area 'A' (large towns outside London), increases awarded have been:—the number of independent members of wages councils who earn below £65 per week.

This information is not available.