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Written question asked by Lord Randall of Uxbridge (Conservative) on Wednesday, 15 February 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 27 February 2006. It was answered by John Healey (Labour) on Monday, 27 February 2006 on behalf of the Office for National Statistics.

Average Earnings

Question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the average earnings of full-time employees in the constituency of Uxbridge were in April in each year since 2000.
Answer

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician who has been asked to reply.Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 27 February 2006:"As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking what the average earnings of all full-time employees in the constituency of Uxbridge were in April in each year since 2000. (53635)""Currently average earnings are estimated from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE), and are provided for all workers on adult rates whose pay for the survey period was not affected by absence. This is the standard definition used for ASHE. The ASHE does not collect data on the self employed and people who do unpaid work.""I attach a table showing the Average Gross Weekly Earnings for the constituency of Uxbridge for 2000–05. These statistics, along with other geographic break-downs, are also available on the National Statistics website at: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/StatBase/Product.asp?vlnk=13101""The ASHE, carried out in April in each year, is the most comprehensive source of earnings information in the United Kingdom. It is one per cent. sample of all employees who are members of pay-as-you-earn (PAYE) schemes."

Average gross weekly earnings in £
Median Mean
2000 365 485
2001 407 550
2002 477 562
2003 508 572
2004 562 623
2004 551 614
2005 565 678
(78)2003 to 2000 are figures from the NES survey with ASHE methodology applied.
(79)excludes the supplementary surveys (see notes). Guide to quality: The Coefficient of Variation (CV) indicates the quality of a figure, the smaller the CV value the higher the quality. The true value is likely to lie within +/- twice the CV e.g. for an average of 200 with a CV of 5 per cent. we would expect the population average to be within the range 180 to 220. Key: CV <= 5 per cent.
(80)CV>5 per cent. and <= 10 per cent.
(81)CV> 10 per cent. and <= 20 per cent.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
443 c326W;443 c325-6W; 53635
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Average earnings Uxbridge
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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