Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Employment – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 31 October 1989.
Mr Patrick Nicholls
, Teignbridge
12:00,
31 October 1989
The Government do not produce information about pay increases for individual chairmen or work forces of companies. Average earnings of all employees in manufacturing increased by 120 per cent. between August 1980 and August 1989. No reliable information on directors' earnings is readily available. Pay is a matter for businesses to determine in the light of all the relevant circumstances.