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Mr. Gordon Brown
asked the Paymaster General if he will estimate the proportion of young peoples' average wages to adult average wages in 1979 at the latest date for which figures are available.
Mr. Lee
The information available is shown below:
| Average gross weekly earnings of full-time employees working a full week | ||
| April 1979 | April 1986 | |
| Males aged under 18 as a percentage of adult males1 | 39·7 | 34·5 |
| Females aged under 18 as a percentage of adult females2 | 58·1 | 52·9 |
| 1 Aged 21 and over. | ||
| 2 Aged 18 and over. | ||
Source: New Earning Survey.