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Mr. Frank R. White
asked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the average number of hours worked per week by male and female workers, respectively, in Wales, Scotland, and all the regions of England for the last five years.
| AVERAGE TOTAL WEEKLY HOURS* WORKED BY FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES† WHOSE PAY WAS NOT AFFECTED BY ABSENCE | |||||
| April 1975 | April 1976 | April 1977 | April 1978 | April 1979 | |
| Full-time men aged 21 and over | |||||
| South East | 42·6 | 42·3 | 42·5 | 42·6 | 42·8 |
| East Anglia | 43·5 | 43·0 | 43·4 | 43·6 | 43·7 |
| South West | 42·5 | 42·1 | 42·1 | 42·5 | 42·5 |
| West Midlands | 42·7 | 42·6 | 43·1 | 43·0 | 43·1 |
| East Midlands | 43·2 | 43·0 | 43·3 | 43·6 | 43·5 |
| Yorkshire and Humberside | 43·3 | 43·0 | 43·4 | 43·7 | 43·8 |
| North West | 42·9 | 42·9 | 43·2 | 43·3 | 43·3 |
| North | 43·2 | 43·2 | 43·4 | 43·7 | 43·6 |
| England | 42·8 | 42·6 | 42·9 | 43·0 | 43·2 |
| Wales | 42·8 | 42·5 | 43·0 | 42·9 | 43·3 |
| Scotland | 43·9 | 43·5 | 43·6 | 44·0 | 44·0 |
| Great Britain | 43·0 | 42·7 | 43·0 | 43·1 | 43·2 |
| Full-time women aged 18 and over | |||||
| South East | 37·1 | 37·0 | 37·3 | 37·3 | 37·4 |
| East Anglia | 37·2 | 37·1 | 37·7 | 37·3 | 38·0 |
| South West | 37·3 | 37·3 | 37·0 | 37·2 | 37·3 |
| West Midlands | 37·5 | 37·1 | 37·4 | 37·4 | 37·3 |
| East Midlands | 37·6 | 37·4 | 37·6 | 37·7 | 37·8 |
| Yorkshire and Humberside | 37·5 | 37·3 | 37·5 | 37·5 | 37·4 |
| North West | 37·5 | 37·4 | 37·5 | 37·6 | 37·6 |
| North | 37·5 | 37·4 | 37·5 | 37·7 | 37·6 |
| England | 37·3 | 37·2 | 37·4 | 37·4 | 37·5 |
| Wales | 37·9 | 37·7 | 37·7 | 37·9 | 37·5 |
| Scotland | 38·0 | 37·9 | 37·9 | 38·0 | 38·0 |
| Great Britain | 37·4 | 37·3 | 37·5 | 37·5 | 37·5 |
| * Normal basic hours plus overtime hours when subject to overtime payments. | |||||
| † Employees with normal basic hours of 30 hours or more or, exceptionally, for less than 30 hours where an employee is regarded as full-time—for example, teachers. Employees—mainly non·manual—without specified normal basic hours are not included in calculating the average. | |||||
Source: New Earnings Survey.