asked the Secretary of State for Employment whether, further to his answer to the hon. Member for Blaby (Official Report, 7 February, columns 141–2), he will publish comparable estimates excluding employers' contributions to national and private pensions schemes.

I assume the hon. Member refers to my answer to his earlier questions.—[Vol. 962, cc. 432–34.]The new earnings survey estimates relate to gross earnings of employees. They do not include employers' contributions to State or other pension schemes.