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Treasury;Office for National Statistics

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Mr. Alasdair Morgan: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list for Scotland and each local authority area in Scotland (a) the weekly median earnings and (b) the amount of median earnings for those in the first and ninth deciles for (i) all manual, (ii) all non-manual and (iii) all workers. [146247] Miss Melanie Johnson: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply. Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Alasdair Morgan, dated 15 February 2001: As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question on weekly earnings for workers in Scotland and the local authorities in Scotland (146247). The New Earnings Survey (NES) can provide earnings data for small geographical areas. However, the NES has incomplete coverage of those on low pay because the sample is limited to people earning above the income tax threshold. The release of NES data is restricted to figures that are derived from a sufficiently large sample of employees, and have an acceptable level of accuracy. I have provided the available data for Scotland and the unitary authorities in Scotland in the attached tables, only where the samples are large enough and have an acceptable level of accuracy. These are based on the 2000 NES, the latest survey for which data are available. Gross weekly earnings for Scotland £ _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Median{ 1} Lowest decile{ 2} Highest decile{ 3} Full-time Non-manual 363.2 202.8 673.3 Manual 289.3 171.5 479.0 All Employees 330.0 190.0 608.3 Part-time Non-manual 123.9 51.9 270.1 Manual 91.0 39.2 159.7 All Employees 108.8 45.2 233.4 All Non-manual 301.6 112.5 619.5 Manual 250.0 77.6 447.7 All Employees 280.8 99.1 564.9 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} 50{th} percentile {2} 10{th} percentile {3} 90{th} percentile Gross weekly earnings for unitary authorities in Scotland £ _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Median{ 1} Lowest decile{ 2} Highest decile{ 3} Full-time Non-manual Aberdeen City 404.8 227.5 844.4 Aberdeenshire 396.6 191.9 738.6 Angus 368.5 201.0 550.3 Dundee City 347.4 205.9 638.3 East Ayrshire 381.6 186.3 584.8 Edinburgh, City of 379.3 211.2 706.7 Falkirk 322.7 204.3 681.4 Fife 348.2 195.3 592.6 Glasgow City 359.2 205.4 690.6 Highland 316.3 183.3 592.9 Midlothian 398.6 243.7 617.5 North Ayrshire 381.0 192.1 571.0 North Lanarkshire 359.9 212.7 608.8 Perth and Kinross 332.0 183.9 526.1 Renfrewshire 379.6 180.7 648.7 South Ayrshire 369.7 206.3 681.5 South Lanarkshire 367.7 191.9 706.4 West Lothian 393.6 192.2 780.3 Manual Aberdeen City 325.0 180.0 603.7 Aberdeenshire 277.0 150.0 464.8 Scottish Borders, The 246.9 173.3 358.5 Dumfries and Galloway 275.0 155.7 397.2 Dundee City 271.7 176.4 439.0 East Ayrshire 294.3 168.3 443.2 Edinburgh, City of 275.5 159.4 477.5 Falkirk 336.0 162.2 574.1 Fife 287.0 171.7 449.1 Glasgow City 292.3 176.5 464.3 Highland 287.9 192.6 512.1 Inverclyde 308.3 185.1 445.8 North Ayrshire 295.3 161.5 451.1 North Lanarkshire 294.6 180.9 481.4 Perth and Kinross 274.3 180.5 466.8 Renfrewshire 327.7 173.5 528.5 South Ayrshire 300.4 188.6 499.9 South Lanarkshire 308.3 188.7 522.5 Stirling 285.8 164.5 392.5 West Lothian 300.0 177.1 510.8 All Employees Aberdeen City 376.1 203.8 762.2 Aberdeenshire 308.3 168.7 630.8 Angus 302.2 182.8 536.3 Argyll and Bute 345.8 188.9 602.0 Scottish Borders, The 276.6 176.3 528.5 Dumfries and Galloway 291.4 172.4 510.4 Dundee City 322.3 195.3 565.7 East Ayrshire 328.1 182.3 569.6 East Lothian 345.3 198.9 561.6 Edinburgh, City of 345.5 198.7 679.9 Falkirk 325.0 189.1 621.7 Fife 311.9 181.6 537.2 Glasgow City 339.3 194.9 646.1 Highland 304.2 188.3 564.1 Inverclyde 323.3 194.8 592.5 Midlothian 350.7 201.5 562.1 North Ayrshire 321.5 178.3 540.2 North Lanarkshire 323.0 202.9 575.8 Perth and Kinross 294.3 182.3 491.4 Renfrewshire 355.9 179.6 626.4 South Ayrshire 344.7 203.7 640.8 South Lanarkshire 334.4 190.8 638.8 Stirling 297.1 176.8 497.2 West Lothian 332.7 189.3 614.7 Part-time Non-manual Edinburgh, City of 124.0 43.7 269.3 Glasgow City 116.6 56.0 237.2 Manual Glasgow City 94.1 42.6 156.5 All Employees Edinburgh, City of 106.9 38.4 229.3 Glasgow City 106.3 48.6 217.4 South Lanarkshire 112.2 50.2 194.2 All Non-manual Aberdeen City 345.5 118.9 767.8 Angus 270.7 113.1 535.7 Dundee City 294.0 112.0 577.6 Edinburgh, City of 327.9 138.7 687.0 Falkirk 268.7 113.8 621.7 Fife 286.6 105.4 567.3 Glasgow City 307.1 115.3 652.4 Highland 264.9 117.4 550.9 North Ayrshire 306.8 91.4 541.6 North Lanarkshire 313.2 129.7 583.4 Perth and Kinross 260.3 97.3 483.3 Renfrewshire 327.2 137.2 629.6 South Ayrshire 322.6 90.1 646.9 South Lanarkshire 287.9 113.9 639.7 West Lothian 333.5 140.4 658.7 Manual Aberdeen City 249.0 77.5 529.1 Aberdeenshire 210.7 55.4 390.9 Dumfries and Galloway 251.1 82.7 387.0 Dundee City 244.1 89.6 424.4 Edinburgh, City of 230.0 73.0 453.3 Fife 250.5 92.3 432.0 Glasgow City 249.6 79.4 429.1 Highland 260.8 64.3 470.2 North Lanarkshire 256.7 73.7 448.5 Renfrewshire 287.1 92.0 503.6 South Lanarkshire 261.8 76.9 491.5 West Lothian 287.2 115.2 471.7 All Employees Aberdeen City 317.5 104.9 695.2 Aberdeenshire 249.2 66.8 558.2 Angus 248.6 103.6 499.0 Argyll and Bute 261.0 74.0 546.1 Scottish Borders, The 236.6 85.1 490.4 Dumfries and Galloway 257.3 88.9 475.9 Dundee City 275.0 106.1 521.1 East Ayrshire 276.4 87.6 541.0 Edinburgh, City of 296.4 107.6 634.9 Falkirk 283.5 95.1 574.5 Fife 266.0 99.2 508.7 Glasgow City 285.3 100.3 588.8 Highland 262.7 88.4 517.1 Inverclyde 265.0 89.9 490.2 Midlothian 294.5 101.9 548.0 North Ayrshire 278.6 84.9 490.4 North Lanarkshire 286.3 105.0 551.7 Perth and Kinross 253.8 85.8 475.9 Renfrewshire 312.2 121.0 602.0 South Ayrshire 284.7 74.1 564.8 South Lanarkshire 269.0 102.8 591.1 West Lothian 297.2 132.6 578.3 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} 50{th} percentile {2} 10{th} percentile {3} 90{th} percentile

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

146247; 363 c296-300W;363 c296-9W

Session

2000-01

Subjects

Pay Manual workers Low pay Scotland Skilled workers Average earnings

Contains statistics

Yes

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