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Mr. George Rodgers
asked the Secretary of State for Employment what proportion of unemployed persons in (a) the Chorley, Lancashire, travel-to-work area
| Percentage increases for the first half of 1978 compared with the average for 1975 in: | |||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | |||
| Average hourly earnings in manufacturing | Unit labour costs (wages and salaries per unit of output) in manufacturing | Column (1)—Column(2) | |||
| Per cent. | Per cent. | Per cent. | |||
| Great Britain | … | … | 43* | 38 | 5 |
| USA | … | … | 25† | 16 | 9 |
| Japan | … | … | 30‡ | 2 | 28 |
| Germany | … | … | 18 | 5║ | 13 |
| Italy | … | … | 74§ | .. | .. |
| * Weekly earnings. | |||||
| † Production workers. | |||||
| ‡ Monthly earnings. | |||||
| § Hourly rates. | |||||
| ⁕ Including mining. | |||||
| .. Not available. | |||||
| Sources: | |||||
| OECD Main Economic Indicators. | |||||
| Department of Employment Gazette. | |||||