To ask the Scottish Executive what are the levels of half median male earnings for (a) Scotland as a whole and (b) each local authority area. Latest figures for half median male earnings, for Scotland, and for local authorities for which reliable information is available, are shown in the table below.Median and half median gross weekly pay of men in full time work Scotland, April 1998Scottish Unitary authorityGross Weekly Pay (£) MedianHalf MedianGreat Britian362.8181.4Scotland345.5172.7Aberdeen City425.0212.5Aberdeenshire348.9174.5Angus....Argyll & Bute325.8162.9Clackmannanshire....Dumfries & Galloway311.9156.0Dundee City326.0163.0East Ayrshire312.0156.0East Dunbartonshire....East Lothian311.4155.7East Renfrewshire....Edinburgh, City of369.3184.6Eilean Siar....Falkirk334.5167.2Fife341.8170.9Glasgow City350.2175.1Highland340.2170.1Inverclyde....Midlothian....Moray326.3163.2North Ayrshire357.0178.5North Lanarkshire....Orkney Islands....Perth & Kinross317.3158.7Renfrewshire347.8173.9Scottish Borders, The....Shetland Islands....South Ayrshire345.7172.8South Lanarkshire332.5166.3Stirling....West Dunbartonshire....West Lothian326.2163.1Source: New Earnings Survey, April 1998Note: ".." denotes not available.