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Mr. Fatchett
asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list at the latest available date average full-time earnings, per region, as a percentage of national average male full-time earnings.
Mr. Peter Bottomley
The following table relates to April 1984 and is based on the average gross weekly earnings of full-time adult male employees working a full week.
| Region | Percentage of average gross weekly earnings in Great Britain |
| South East | 110·9 |
| East Anglia | 93·3 |
| South West | 92·9 |
| West Midlands | 93·4 |
| East Midlands | 92·1 |
| Yorkshire and Humberside | 93·6 |
| North West | 96·1 |
| North | 93·7 |
| Wales | 92·7 |
| Scotland | 99·9 |
| Great Britain | 100·0 |
Source: New earnings survey 1984.
Differences in average earnings will reflect differences in the industrial and occupational structure of employment in differnet regions and do not necessarily imply similar differences in rates of pay for comparable jobs.