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Incomes
Mr. Cox: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many (a) men and (b) women working in the Greater London area benefit from the national minimum wage; [127385]
- (2) if he will make a statement on the average salary scales of (a) men and (b) women in employment in the UK. [127387]
Miss Melanie Johnson: I will write to my hon. Friend.
Part-time Workers
Mr. Moore: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what percentage of workers on adult rates of pay in part-time employment have hourly earnings, including and excluding overtime pay, that are less than (a) £4.94, (b) £6.58, (c) £7.18 and (d) £3.60 in (i) Scotland, (ii) each of the unitary local authority areas in Scotland and (iii) Great Britain, broken down by (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; [128287]
- (2) what the average weekly earnings are, including and excluding overtime, for part-time workers in (a) Scotland, (b) each of the local unitary local authority areas in Scotland and (c) Great Britain, broken down by (i) men and (ii) women in (1) manual employment, (2) non-manual employment and (3) all employment. [128288]
Miss Melanie Johnson: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
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Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Michael Moore, dated 28 July 2000:
- As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent questions about earnings of part-time employees in Scotland, the unitary authority areas in Scotland and Great Britain (128287/8).
- The New Earnings Survey (NES) can provide earnings data for small geographical areas. However, 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, the unitary authorities in Scotland and Great Britain; these are based on the 1999 NES, the latest survey for which data are available. These are large tables and copies of them are being placed in the Library of the House rather than reproduced in Hansard.
- The NES is based on a one per cent. sample of employees in PAYE system and is therefore likely to under-represent relatively low paid staff earning below the tax threshold and in particular those who work part-time.
Income Tax
Mr. Matthew Taylor: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what estimate he has made of the cost of reducing the upper rate of income tax from 40 per cent. to 30 per cent.; and if he will make a statement; [127501]
- (2) what estimate he has made of the cost of abolishing the 10p tax band and extending the personal income tax allowance over this range of income; [127621]
(3) if he will estimate the yield from introducing a 50 per cent. rate of income tax on taxable income of over £100,000 per annum, for each of the next five years; [127604]
(4) if he will estimate the resulting level of the personal income tax allowance if the 10p tax band were abolished on a revenue-neutral basis. [127622]
Dawn Primarolo [holding answer 27 June 2000]: The full year revenue effects for making changes to income tax rates or allowances in 2000-01 are given in the table:
| Revenue effect | |
|---|---|
| Reducing the top rates of income tax by 10 percentage points(1) | -7.5 |
| Introducing a 50 per cent. rate of income tax on taxable income of over £100,000(1), (1)(3) | +2.9 |
| Abolishing the 10p tax band and extending the personal income tax allowances over this range of income (1) (1) | -4.6 |
(1) Including tax on dividends
(1) Taxable income has been defined as income after deducting the personal allowance
(1) For later years this figure will increase by on average £200 million per year
(1) The revenue effect provided has not taken account of any consequential effects on the level of National Insurance contributions
(1) This option would benefit most higher rate taxpayers by £456, most basic rate taxpayers by £182 and starting rate taxpayers by up to £152
If the starting rate band of income tax was abolished and all income tax personal allowances were increased by £740, the changes would be revenue neutral.
All the figures shown are the estimated direct effects of tax changes on tax revenues. In practice, tax changes will themselves effect economic variables, which in turn will have further effects on tax revenues.
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These estimates are based on the Survey of Personal Incomes and are consistent with the March 2000 Budget.
Mr. Matthew Taylor: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the extra revenue for the next five financial years that would be raised by restricting the rate of tax relief on (a) employee pension contributions and (b) employer pension contributions to the standard rate of income tax; and if he will make a statement. [129827]
Miss Melanie Johnson [holding answer 10 July 2000]: I will write to the hon. Member and place a copy of my letter in the library of the House.
Rural Public Services
Mr. Kidney: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the differences between the methods of funding the provision of public services in rural areas. [124933]
Mr. Andrew Smith: I will write to my hon. Friend and place a copy of my letter in the Library of the House.
Opinion Research
Mr. Portillo: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how much his Department spent on opinion research in the financial year 1999-2000; and if he will list the opinion research projects undertaken on behalf of his Department in the financial year 1999-2000, broken down by (a) focus group research, (b) quantitative surveys and (c) other market research surveys, listing in each case when and in what form the results were published. [128074]
Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, (2) pursuant to his answer of 20 June, Official Report, column 168W, on opinion research, if he will list all the market and opinion research carried out by his Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies since May 1997, stating in each case if the results will be placed in the Library or the reason for not doing so. [132024]
Miss Melanie Johnson [holding answer 21 July 2000]: The information requested is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Earnings Statistics
Mr. Welsh: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many of those in employment currently earn less than (a) £4.20, and (b) 4.50; and how many of those aged 18 to 21 years currently earn less than (i) £4.20, (ii) £4.50 and (iii) £3.70 in (1) Scotland and (2) the UK. [128172]
Miss Melanie Johnson [holding answer 4 July 2000]: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Andrew Welsh, dated 28 July 2000:
- As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent question about earnings of employees in Scotland and the United Kingdom. (128172)
- The New Earnings Survey (NES) can provide earnings data for geographical areas. These are released for all areas where there is a sufficiently large sample of employees and the statistics have an acceptable level of accuracy. I have provided the available data for
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- Scotland and the United Kingdom in the attached table. These are based on the 1999 NES, the latest survey for which data are available.
- From the NES I am only able to give percentages earning below specified thresholds, rather than numbers because appropriate grossing factors for the survey sample are not readily available.
- The NES is based on a one per cent sample of employees in the PAYE system and is therefore likely to under-represent relatively low paid staff earning below the tax threshold and in particular those who work part-time.
| All ages | Age 18 to 21 years | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percentage earning less than | Percentage earning less than | ||||
| £4.20 | £4.50 | £3.70 | £4.20 | £4.50 | |
| Scotland | |||||
| Full-time | 6.7 | 9.5 | 13.4 | 29.0 | 38.6 |
| Part-time | 28.8 | 37.1 | 25.4 | 47.8 | 55.7 |
| All | 11.8 | 15.9 | 17.5 | 35.4 | 44.4 |
| United Kingdom | |||||
| Full-time | 6.0 | 8.6 | 15.1 | 29.7 | 38.8 |
| Part-time | 27.3 | 36.2 | 24.1 | 46.2 | 59.4 |
| All | 10.8 | 14.8 | 17.9 | 34.7 | 45.1 |
Note:
Employees on all rates of pay, whose pay for the survey period was unaffected by absence.
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