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Mr. Cox: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the number of (a) men and (b) women living in the United Kingdom who are over the age of 65 years. [12172]
Mrs. Angela Knight: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the chief executive of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Tim Holt to Mr. Tom Cox, dated 30 January 1997:
Mr. Barry Jones:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many old age pensioners there are in Wales. [12546]
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has asked me to reply as the Director of the Office for National Statistics to your recent question on the number of men and women living in the United Kingdom who are over the age of 65 years.
The latest available population estimates relate to mid-1995. The estimated number of those resident in the United Kingdom, who are aged over 65, is 3,477.7 thousand men and 5,193.1 thousand women.
Mrs. Knight: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the chief executive of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Tim Holt to Mr. Barry Jones, dated 30 January 1997:
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has asked me to reply as the Director of the Office for National Statistics to your recent question on the number of old age pensioners there are in Wales.
Mr. Batiste:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the number of deaths resulting from (a) AIDS and (b) motor neurone disease in the latest year for which figures are available. [12568]
Mrs. Angela Knight:
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the chief executive of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
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Letter from Tim Holt to Mr. Spencer Batiste, dated 30 January 1997:
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has asked me to reply as the Director of the Office for National Statistics (ONS) to your recent question on the number of deaths from AIDS and motor neurone disease in the latest year for which figures are available.
Mr. Hinchliffe:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of men aged 50 years or over were in full-time employment on 31 March for each year since 1980. [12551]
Mrs. Angela Knight:
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the chief executive of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Tim Holt to Mr. David Hinchliffe, dated 30 January 1997:
Source:
ONS, Labour Force Survey.
Note: 1 Full-time in main job based on respondents' self-assessments. N.B. Spring covers the period March-May.
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Ms Rachel Squire:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what was the proportion of full-time workers in (a) Scotland, (b) each of the former regional council areas of Scotland, (c) each of the new unitary local authority areas in Scotland and (d) Great Britain with hourly earnings in term of gross pay, both including and excluding overtime, below (i) £6.31, (ii) £5.89, (iii) £4.42 and (iv) £3.00 for 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; [11715]
(3) if he will list the average earnings in terms of gross pay, both including and excluding overtime, for full-time workers in (a) Scotland, (b) each of the former regional council areas of Scotland, (c) each of the new unitary authority areas in Scotland and (d) Great Britain for (i) manual, (ii) non-manual and (iii) all workers; [11717]
(4) what is the percentage of full-time workers in (a) Scotland, (b) each of the former regional council areas of Scotland, (c) each of the new unitary local authority areas in Scotland and (d) Great Britain, earning in terms of gross pay, both including and excluding overtime, less than (i) £239.16 per week, (ii) £223.27 per week and (iii) £157.45 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 manuals, (8) all non-manual and (9) all workers; [11716]
(5) what is the percentage of workers on adult rates of pay in part-time employment whose hourly earnings (a) including and (b) excluding overtime pay are less than (i) £4.42 per hour,( ii) £5.89 per hour, (iii) £6.31 per hour and (iv) average weekly earnings in (w) Scotland, (x) each of the former regional council areas of Scotland, (y) each of the new unitary local authority areas in Scotland and (z) Great Britain, broken down in each case into (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. [11714]
Mrs. Angela Knight:
The latest information, from the April 1996 new earnings survey, is contained in tables which have been placed in the Library.
Mr. Chris Smith:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many abortions were performed nationally in each of the last eight quarters. [12042]
Mrs. Angela Knight:
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the chief executive of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
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Letter from Tim Holt to Mr. Chris Smith, dated 30 January 1997:
Mr. Nicholas Winterton:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he last met representatives of the housebuilding industry to discuss the employment status of building operatives; and if he will make a statement on the outcome of that meeting. [13594]
Mr. Jack:
I arranged for my officials to meet representatives of the House-Builders Federation on 20 December 1996. I understand that they had a useful and constructive meeting at which the Inland Revenue was able to offer practical help for the federation's members with their reviews of the employment status of their workers. The House-Builders Federation will continue to be included in future consultations with the industry on employment status.
The latest available resident population estimates relate to mid-1995. The estimated number of people of pensionable age (65 or over for men and 60 or over for women) in Wales is 581.4 thousand.
In 1995, the latest year for which figures are available to the ONS, there were 552 deaths for which HIV infection or AIDS (ICD* 042-044) and 1,141 for which motor neurone disease (ICD* 335.2) respectively were the underlying cause of death, derived from death registration.
As it is known that many of those who complete death certificates refrain from putting AIDS and HIV infection as a cause on what is essentially a public document, the number of deaths with codes ICD 042-044 is an underestimate of the true number of deaths from these causes.
From the voluntary confidential register of AIDS cases at the Public Health Laboratory Services AIDS Centre, the number of deaths in AIDS patients in England and Wales in 1995 was 1,149. The aforementioned underestimate of deaths means that this number, too, is an underestimate.
* International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has asked me to reply as the Director of the Office for National Statistics to your recent question on the percentage of men aged 50 years and over who were in full-time employment for each year since 1980.
The information for Great Britain available from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) is shown in the table below. There are no comparable figures available prior to 1984.
Per cent.
Spring 1984 67.6
Spring 1985 67.2
Spring 1986 65.8
Spring 1987 64.4
Spring 1988 65.5
Spring 1989 66.3
Spring 1990 66.0
Spring 1991 64.8
Spring 1992 61.8
Spring 1993 59.3
Spring 1994 59.2
Spring 1995 59.6
Spring 1996 59.9
(2) what are the average weekly earnings (i) including and (ii) excluding overtime for part-time workers in (a) Scotland, (b) each of the former regional council areas of Scotland, (c) each of the new unitary local authority areas in Scotland and (d) Great Britain, broken down for (1) men and (2) women in (A) manual employment, (B) non-manual employment and (C) for all workers; [11713]
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has asked me to reply as the Director of the Office for National Statistics to your recent question on the number of abortions performed nationally in each of the last eight quarters.
The figures requested are shown in the table below:
Number
June quarter 1994 43,930
September quarter 1994 44,773
December quarter 1994 42,974
March quarter 1995 45,695
June quarter 1995 42,444
September quarter 1995 43,566
December quarter 1995 41,885
March quarter 1996 48,425
Construction Industry
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