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Mr. Austin Mitchell
asked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he
| EARNINGS* IN MOTOR VEHICLE MANUFACTURE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AS A PERCENTAGE OF EARNINGS IN: | |||||||||
| Per cent. | |||||||||
| Manufacturing industries | All industries† | ||||||||
| October 1948 | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | 121 | 126 |
| October 1958 | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | 128 | 133 |
| October 1968 | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | 119 | 124 |
| October 1978 | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | 106 | 109 |
| *Average gross hourly earnings of full-time male manual workers (aged 21 and over) including those whose pay was affected by absence. | |||||||||
| †The industries covered are the index of production industries (except coalmining); transport and communication (except railways and London Transport); public administration and certain miscellaneous services. | |||||||||
| EARNINGS* IN MOTOR VEHICLE MANUFACTURE AS A PERCENTAGE OF EARNINGS IN: | |||||||
| MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES | |||||||
| Percentages | |||||||
| France | Germany (Federal Republic) | Italy | Japan(b) | United Kingdom | |||
| October 1968 | … | … | 107 | 112 | 128 | (85) | .. |
| 1977 or 1978 | … | … | 113 | 115(d) | 102(e) | .. | .. |
| (105)(c) | (111)(d) | (101)(e) | (104)(f) | (107)(d) | |||
| ALL INDUSTRIES(a) | |||||||
| Percentages | |||||||
| France | Germany (Federal Republic) | Italy | Japan(b) | United Kingdom | |||
| October 1968 | … | … | 109 | 112 | 128 | .. | .. |
| 1977 or 1978 | … | … | 115(c) | 116(d) | 102(e) | .. | .. |
| (108)(c) | (111)(d) | (101)(e) | .. | (108)(d) | |||
| Sources: | |||||||
| Statistical Office of the European Communities (SOEC). | |||||||
| Japan—Yearbook of Labour Statistics. | |||||||
| Notes: | |||||||
| *Average gross hourly earnings unless otherwise stated. | |||||||
| Excluding manufacture of parts and accessories except where figures are shown in brackets. | |||||||
| (a) Manufacturing, mining, quarrying and construction industries. | |||||||
| (b) Average for the year based on data on monthly earnings. | |||||||
| (c) April 1977. | |||||||
| (d) October 1978. | |||||||
| (e) October 1977. | |||||||
| (f) 1977. | |||||||
| .. Not available | |||||||
will circulate in the Official Report a table comparing average earnings in the motor vehicle industry in 1948, 1958, 1968 and 1978 with average earnings in ( a) manufacturing and ( b) the whole economy, together with the nearest comparable information available on earnings in the motor vehicle industries of Japan, Germany. France and Italy.
Mr. Jim Lester
Because of differences in the definitions, coverage and statistical methods used in the various countries, comparisons of this kind should be regarded with caution. The available figures for the United Kingdom are as follows: