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Mr. Timms: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the number of people in (a) Newham, (b) Tower Hamlets, (c) Hackney, (d) Redbridge, (e) Waltham Forest, (f) Barking and Dagenham and (g) the United Kingdom who earn less than (i) £2.50, (ii) £3, (iii) £3.50 and (d) £4 per hour; and what this figure is as a proportion of all employees. [6814]
Mrs. Liddell
[holding answer 7 July 1997]: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the
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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. Stephen Holt, dated 8 July 1997:
Ms Walley:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people in the constituency of Stoke-on-Trent, North earn (a) less than £4 per hour, (b) £3.50 per hour and (c) £3 per hour. [6866]
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has asked me to reply as the Director of the Office for National Statistics to your recent question on earnings.
The latest information, from the New Earnings Survey (NES) April 1996, is given in the attached tables. Data are provided for the Great Britain as information for the United Kingdom is not available.
It is ONS practice for NES answers to be given as proportions earning below specified thresholds, rather than numbers, because of problems with obtaining appropriate grossing factors for the NES sample at a very detailed level of disaggregation (e.g. by industry and electoral ward).
£2.50 £3.00 £3.50 £4.00
Newham
Full-time 0.3 1.0 2.1 3.4
Part-time 2.2 2.2 8.9 15.6
All 0.6 1.2 3.0 5.1
Tower Hamlets
Full-time 0.0 0.1 0.6 2.7
Part-time 1.4 1.4 4.1 9.5
All 0.1 0.3 0.9 3.3
Hackney
Full-time 0.0 0.0 1.4 3.3
Part-time 3.9 6.6 15.8 17.1
All 0.7 1.1 3.9 5.7
Redbridge
Full-time 0.4 1.1 3.8 6.1
Part-time 10.3 11.5 18.4 29.9
All 2.9 3.7 7.4 12.0
Waltham Forest
Full-time 0.5 1.9 2.9 5.8
Part-time 5.6 9.9 22.5 28.2
All 1.8 4.0 7.9 11.6
Barking and Dagenham
Full-time 0.4 0.4 0.8 1.6
Part-time 4.3 4.3 15.2 26.1
All 1.0 1.0 3.0 5.3
Great Britain
Full-time 0.7 1.6 4.1 8.4
Part-time 4.4 7.5 20.6 36.9
All 1.5 2.8 7.6 14.4
Mrs. Liddell:
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 Ms Joan Walley, dated 8 July 1997:
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has asked me to reply as Director of the Office for National Statistics to your recent question on earnings in Stoke-on-Trent parliamentary constituency.
The latest available information, from the New Earnings Survey (NES) April 1996, is given in the table below for the parliamentary constituency of Stoke-on-Trent North.
Employees on adult rates whose pay for the survey pay-period was not affected by absence, NES April 1996
Percentage of employees with hourly earnings
(excluding overtime) less than:
£3.00 £3.50 £4.00
Stoke on Trent North
Full-time 0.5 1.5 11.1
Part-time 9.5 28.6 52.4
All 1.4 4.1 15.0
Employment
Ms Walley: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of households (a) in Stoke-on-Trent, North, (b) by region and (c) nationally have no-one in full-time employment. [6868]
Mrs. Liddell: 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 Ms Joan Walley, dated 8 July 1997:
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has asked me to reply as the Director of the Office for National Statistics to your recent question (6868) on what percentage of households have no one in full-time employment.
Source:
Labour Force Survey, Office for National Statistics.
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Estimates available from the Labour Force Survey for non-pensioner households are shown in the attached table using the new Government Office Region (GOR) geography. This information is not available below county level.
It is widely accepted that analyses of households with no one in employment or, in this case, no one in full-time employment, should exclude pensioner households. This area of analysis is relatively new for the LFS and the definition of non-pensioner or working age households is not yet firmly established. The table provided is based on the same definition of non-pensioner household as previous responses to parliamentary questions to this topic. The ONS has been assessing the various alternative definitions and expects to publish its recommendations in the September issue of Labour Market Trends.
Labour Market Statistics
Ms Walley: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he plans to (a) publish and (b) introduce the outcome of the consultation exercise on the future presentation and dissemination of labour market statistics by the Office for National Statistics. [6867]
Mrs. Liddell: 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 Ms Joan Walley, dated 8 July 1997:
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has asked me to reply as Director of the Office for National Statistics to your recent question (6867) on when he plans to publish and introduce the outcome of the consultation exercise on the labour market statistics.
Users were asked for comments on the consultation article to be provided by 14 June 1997. This information is in the process of being assessed by the ONS and an announcement of the outcome will be made by late summer.
LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
Domestic Violence
Mr. Hill: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department on how many occasions an application for emergency legal aid to seek an injunction in a domestic violence case has been (a) granted or (b) refused in each of the last five years. [6375]
Mr. Hoon: The information requested is not available. The data gathered by the Legal Aid Board do not identify separately applications for emergency civil legal aid.
Legal Aid
Mr. Hill: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department on how many occasions the decision to exceed the Green Form financial limit by a solicitors practice with developed powers under a legal aid franchise has subsequently been overruled by a legal aid area office in each of the last three years. [6377]
Mr. Hoon: This information prior to June 1995 has been archived and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. As a result, figures can be provided for each of the last two years only. It is set out in the following tables.
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Mr. Hill: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many solicitors' firms have been granted a legal aid franchise and in what areas of law; and how many franchised firms have devolved powers in relation to (a) emergency aid, (b) the Green Form scheme and (c) assistance by representation. [6376]
Mr. Hoon: As at 30 June 1997 there were 1,852 franchised solicitors' offices. The following table provides a breakdown of the franchise categories and the number of franchised offices with devolved power in emergency aid, the Green Form and assistance by representation.
| Franchise category | (5)Number of solicitors offices | Devolved Powers | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emergency aid | Green form | (6)ABWOR | ||
| Consumer and general contract | 816 | 35 | 225 | -- |
| Crime | 1,089 | 19 | 741 | 36 |
| Debt | 568 | 27 | 266 | -- |
| Employment | 557 | 33 | 162 | -- |
| Housing | 634 | 84 | 333 | -- |
| Immigration | 93 | 26 | 49 | -- |
| Matrimonial and family | 1,671 | 941 | 1,379 | 226 |
| Personal injury | 1,504 | 79 | 661 | -- |
| Welfare benefits | 277 | 29 | 174 | -- |
(5) Solicitors firms may have franchises in more than one category of law.
(6) Assistance by way of representation. Devolved powers apply only to the crime and matrimonial and family franchise categories.
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