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Written question asked by Michael Moore (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 21 May 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 5 June 2003. It was answered by John Healey (Labour) on Thursday, 5 June 2003 on behalf of the Office for National Statistics.

Treasury;Office for National Statistics

Question
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of full-time workers in (a) Scotland, (b) each of the unitary local authority areas in Scotland and (c) Great Britain earn (i) including and (ii) excluding overtime less than (A) £280.00 per week, (B) £210.00 per week and (C) £158.76 per week in the categories (1) male manual, (2) male non-manual, (3) all male workers, (4) female manual, (5) female non-manual, (6) all female workers, (7) all manual, (8) all non-manual and (9) all workers. - No figures. Inc text of letter from Len Cook, National Statistician.
Answer

Mr. Moore: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of full-time workers in (a) Scotland, (b) each of the unitary local authority areas in Scotland and (c) Great Britain earn (i) including and (ii) excluding overtime less than (A) £280.00 per week, (B) £210.00 per week and (C) £158.76 per week in the categories (1) male manual, (2) male non-manual, (3) all male workers, (4) female manual, (5) female non- manual, (6) all female workers, (7) all manual, (8) all non-manual and (9) all workers. [116061] John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply. Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Moore, dated 5 June 2003: As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question on the distribution of average weekly earnings for workers in Great Britain, Scotland and the unitary authorities in Scotland. (116061) I am placing in the House of Commons Library tables showing the proportion of people earning below the different thresholds you listed, including and excluding overtime based on the 2002 New Earnings Survey (NES), the latest survey for which data are available. The release of NES data is restricted to figures that are derived from a sufficiently large sample of employees, to produce an acceptable level of accuracy. I have provided the available data for Great Britain, Scotland and the unitary authorities in Scotland only for those areas where the samples are large enough.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
116061; 406 c517W
Session
2002-03
Subjects
Women Income Pay Manual workers Men Scotland Skilled workers Overtime White-collar workers
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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