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Mr. Dewar
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table showing gross average weekly earnings for full-time male employees on adult rates in Scotland for every year from 1979 to the latest year for which figures are available.
Mr. Rifkind
The information requested is given in the table.
| Average gross weekly earnings of full-time male employees on adult rates in Scotland, in April of each year | |
| £ per week | |
| 1979 | 101·2 |
| 1980 | 123·1 |
| 1981 | 140·0 |
| 1982 | 154·5 |
| 1983 | 167·5 |
| 1984 | 178·7 |
| 1985 | 189·7 |
| 1986 | 201·3 |
| 1987 | 214·6 |
| 1988 | 233·3 |
| 1989 | 251·2 |
Source: New Earnings Survey.