asked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the numbers of full-time males aged 18 years and over in each of the counties of Wales and for each of the standard economic regions of the United Kingdom in the following bands (a) under £40, (b) £41 to £50, (c) £51 to £60, (d) £61 to £70, (e) £71 to £80, (f) £81 to £90, (g) £91 to £100, (h) £101 to £110, (i) £111 to £120, (j) £121 to £130, (k) £131 to £140, (l) £141 to £150 and (m) over £150.

The table below gives the latest estimates of the percentage distribution of gross weekly earnings from the new earnings survey. I regret that this analysis is not available for men aged 18 and over and I have therefore quoted figures on the usual basis for the new earnings survey results, males aged 21 and over.The survey is based on a 1 per cent. sample of employees. Only a very small number of employees will appear in some cells of the table and because of response and sampling variation the total number of employees in particular earnings bands cannot be confidently inferred from the number in the sample.