Rates Of Pay

Mr. Rowlands
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what estimate his Department has made of the average hourly rate of pay for men employed in manufacturing (a) in Mid Glamorgan and (b) in Wales; and what percentage these represent of the United Kingdom average. [37244]

Mr. Richards
The available information covers Great Britain only and is shown in the following table: ---------------
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|Mid Glamorgan|
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|Wales        |
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|Great Britain|
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Source:

New Earnings Survey.

1 At April, full-time men on adult rates whose pay was not affected by absence.

Mr. Rowlands
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what estimate his Department has made of the average hourly rate of pay in food retailing in (a) Mid Glamorgan and (b) Wales; and what percentage these represent of the United Kingdom average. [37245]

Mr. Richards
Reliable estimates are not available.