asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what information his Department has on the current weekly earnings by social class or social-economic group in Scotland.
Information of the form requested is not available. The table provides estimates of average gross weekly earnings by occupational group for April 1986, the latest date for which such information is available at present. These statistics will appear in the 1986 New Earnings Survey part E, which will soon be available in the Library of the House.
Average Gross Weekly Earnings in Scotland Full-time employees on adult rates, whose pay for the survey pay-period was not affected by absence
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April 1986
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Occupational Group
| Males £
| Females £
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| I Managerial (general management) | .. | .. |
| II Professional and related supporting management and administration | 277·4 | 182·0 |
| III Professional and related in education, welfare and health | 243·3 | 175·1 |
| IV Literary, artistic and sports | .. | .. |
| V Professional and related in science, engineering, technology and similar fields | 262·3 | 147·4 |
| VI Managerial (excluding general management) | 249·2 | .. |
| VII Clerical and related | 159·2 | 119·1 |
| VIII Selling | 181·6 | 97·4 |
| IX Security and protective service | 207·7 | .. |
| X Catering, cleaning, hairdressing and other personal service | 137·1 | 94·4 |
| XI Farming, fishing and related | 131·1 | .. |
| XII Materials processing (excluding metals) | 167·4 | 106..7 |
| XIII Making and repairing (excluding metal and electrical) | 172·2 | 106·8 |
| XIV Processing, making, repairing and related (metal and electrical) | 200·5 | 127·0 |
| Males | Females | |
New dwellings started by Local Authorities
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Financial Years
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Area
| 1978–79
| 1979–80
| 1980–81
| 1981–82
| 1982–83
| 1983–84
| 1984–85
| 1985–86
| Total
|
| Scotland | 4,195 | 4,578 | 2,694 | 2,030 | 2,372 | 2,175 | 1,705 | 1,665 | 21,414 |
Borders
| 31 | 93 | 24 | 65 | 32 | 59 | 38 | 16 | 358 |
| Berwickshire | 22 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 38 | 8 | 116 |
| Ettrick and Lauderdale | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Roxburgh | 4 | 12 | 20 | 55 | 21 | 51 | 0 | 8 | 171 |
| Tweeddale | 0 | 52 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 |
Central
| 269 | 187 | 79 | 86 | 73 | 88 | 149 | 139 | 1,070 |
| Clackmannan | 222 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 30 | 299 |
| Falkirk | 33 | 23 | 24 | 68 | 40 | 75 | 126 | 103 | 492 |
| Stirling | 14 | 141 | 55 | 18 | 33 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 279 |
Dumfries and Galloway
| 320 | 399 | 271 | 313 | 226 | 274 | 136 | 195 | 2,134 |
| Annandale and Eskdale | 103 | 193 | 146 | 124 | 136 | 144 | 44 | 51 | 941 |
| Nithsdale | 123 | 80 | 50 | 18 | 27 | 18 | 64 | 68 | 448 |
| Stewart ry | 78 | 39 | 51 | 73 | 11 | 64 | 0 | 62 | 378 |
| Wigtown | 16 | 87 | 24 | 98 | 52 | 48 | 28 | 14 | 367 |
Fife
| 493 | 139 | 197 | 193 | 244 | 157 | 214 | 247 | 1,884 |
| Dunfermline | 150 | 69 | 0 | 83 | 101 | 14 | 74 | 140 | 631 |
| Kirkcaldy | 70 | 25 | 88 | 29 | 51 | 83 | 103 | 85 | 534 |
| North East Fife | 273 | 45 | 109 | 81 | 92 | 60 | 37 | 22 | 719 |
Grampian
| 731 | 1,100 | 668 | 437 | 730 | 477 | 380 | 410 | 4,933 |
| Aberdeen | 346 | 595 | 165 | 84 | 78 | 133 | 45 | 81 | 1,427 |
| Banff and Buchan | 167 | 180 | 230 | 117 | 159 | 120 | 116 | 70 | 1,159 |
| Gordon | 0 | 0 | 89 | 32 | 274 | 1 | 112 | 84 | 592 |
| Kincardine and Deeside | 46 | 4 | 20 | 80 | 40 | 78 | 105 | 66 | 439 |
| Moray | 172 | 421 | 164 | 124 | 179 | 145 | 2 | 109 | 1,316 |
Highland
| 244 | 439 | 218 | 185 | 229 | 264 | 103 | 252 | 1,934 |
| Badenoch and Strathspey | 26 | 10 | 41 | 54 | 38 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 201 |
| Caithness | 49 | 60 | 20 | 0 | 55 | 30 | 4 | 21 | 239 |
| Inverness | 33 | 126 | 79 | 38 | 84 | 109 | 0 | 131 | 600 |
| Lochaber | 19 | 90 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 127 |
| Nairn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 20 | 44 |
| Ross and Cromarty | 92 | 99 | 63 | 38 | 31 | 65 | 12 | 34 | 434 |
| Skye and Lochalsh | 1 | 25 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 24 | 32 | 20 | 124 |
| Sutherland | 24 | 29 | 0 | 30 | 21 | 20 | 15 | 26 | 165 |
Lothian
| 68 | 66 | 127 | 43 | 96 | 32 | 110 | 40 | 582 |
| East Lothian | 15 | 31 | 17 | 43 | 94 | 25 | 110 | 40 | 375 |
| Edinburgh | 29 | 35 | 110 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174 |
| Midlothian | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| West Lothian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Occupational Group
| £
| £
|
| XV Painting, repetitive assembling, product inspecting, packaging and related | 170·5 | 112·4 |
| XVI Construction, mining and related not identified elsewhere | 171·1 | .. |
| XVII Transport operating, materials moving and storing and related | 166·6 | .. |
| XVIII Miscellaneous | 161·0 | .. |
| All non-manual occupations | 238·3 | 139·1 |
| All manual occupations | 173·0 | 103·2 |
| All occupations | 201·3 | 129·8 |
.. indicates not available, because the estimate would be based on a sample of fewer than 50 employees or would have a standard error of more than 4 per cent, (that is, there would be a 1 in 3 chance that the estimate would be in error by more than 4 per cent.)
Source: 1986 New Earnings Survey Part E (forthcoming)