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Mr. Cryer
asked the Secretary of State for Employment to what extent public expenditure cuts are affecting the recruitment of factory inspectors.
Mr. Mayhew
[pursuant to his reply, 12 December 1979]: As a result of the statement on Civil Service manpower
| AVERAGE GROSS WEEKLY EARNINGS* OF THOSE AGED UNDER 18‡ AS A PERCENTAGE OF THOSE AGED 18 AND OVER | ||||||
| April 1970† | April 1979 | |||||
| Manual employees | Non-manual employees | Manual employees | Non-manual employees | |||
| Men | … | … | 36 | 26 | 45 | 34 |
| Women | … | … | 69 | 46 | 70 | 54 |
| Source: New Earnings Survey. | ||||||
| * Full-time employees whose earnings were not affected by absence in the survey periods. | ||||||
| † Comparable figures are not available prior to this date | ||||||
| ‡As the minimum school leaving age was raised to 16 from 1 September 1972, for April 1979 "under 18" will mean 16 and 17 years and for April 1970 "under 18" will mean 15 to 17 years. | ||||||