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Wage Bill
Mr. Edwards: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the (a) national wage bill and (b) public sector wage bill for 2001-02. [151369]
Mr. Andrew Smith: In line with the convention adopted by previous Administrations, this Government do not publish forecasts for employment, earnings or the wage bill.
Credit Unions
Mr. Drew: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what discussions he has had with ABCUL over the proposal that credit unions should introduce a central services unit. [150843]
Miss Melanie Johnson: The Treasury maintains regular contact with ABCUL and the other representative bodies.
Mr. Drew: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will investigate restrictions on credit unions regarding their ability to (a) lend to and (b) borrow from other voluntary groups. [150844]
Miss Melanie Johnson: The Government will be consulting shortly on a number of measures aimed at relaxing some of the restrictions on credit unions' operational powers.
Mr. Drew: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what discussions he has had with the Post Office network on allowing access by credit unions to its network; [150845]
- (2) what plans he has to uprate the maximum amount an individual is allowed to borrow from a credit union. [150846]
Miss Melanie Johnson: Responsibility for the regulatory framework for credit unions is being transferred to the Financial Services Authority (FSA). The FSA is currently consulting widely on the new framework.
Mr. Drew: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what discussions he has had with the Financial Services Authority on the requirement of bonds from credit unions. [150847]
Miss Melanie Johnson: The Government have no role in the regulation of credit unions, which is the responsibility of the Financial Services Authority.
Earnings Statistics
Mr. Moore: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list (1) the average weekly earnings, including and excluding overtime, for full-time workers in (a) Scotland, (b) each of the unitary local authority areas in Scotland and (c) Great Britain for (i) all manual, (ii) all non-manual and (iii) all workers; [151558]
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- (2) the percentages of full-time workers in (a) Scotland, (b) each of the unitary local authority areas in Scotland and (c) Great Britain earning, including and excluding overtime, less than (i) £279.21 per week, (ii) £257.73 per week, (iii) £193.30 per week and (iv) £140 per week 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. [151559]
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. Michael Moore, dated 26 February 2001:
- As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent questions on weekly earnings for workers in Great Britain, Scotland and the unitary authorities in Scotland (151558, 151559).
- The New Earnings Survey (NES) can provide earnings data for small geographical areas. 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 in the attached 1 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.
- 1 The tables attached to the letter are available in the Library.
Mr. Edwards: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many workers earn, excluding overtime, (a) less than £67 per week, (b) between £67 and £72 per week, (c) between £72 and £87 per week and (d) between £335 and £375 per week; and how many of them are (i) women, (ii) part-timers and (iii) disabled. [151371]
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. Huw Edwards, dated 26 February 2001:
- As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question about weekly earnings for women, part-time workers and the disabled.
- The Labour Force Survey (LFS) is the principal source of earnings data for the disabled. This source has therefore been used in order to provide comparable figures for the groups covered by the question. The LFS provides weekly earnings data on a basis which includes overtime; this cannot be excluded.
| Number of workers of working age (thousands--not seasonally adjusted) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross weekly pay | Total | Female | Part time | Disabled |
| Less than £67 | 1,944 | 1,459 | 1,795 | 254 |
| £67 to £71 | 172 | 135 | 160 | (83)-- |
| £72 to £86 | 649 | 511 | 591 | 89 |
| £335 to £374 | 1,557 | 525 | 72 | 159 |
(83) Sample size too small for reliable estimate
Source:
Labour Force Survey--autumn (September 2000 to November 2000)--United Kingdom
Mr. Moore: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the percentages of workers on adult rates of pay in part-time employment whose hourly earnings, including and excluding overtime pay are less than (a) £5.11,
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(b) £6.82, (c) £7.39 and (d) £3.70 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. [151560]
Miss Melanie Johnson: I refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer given to him on 18 January 2001, Official Report, column 302W.
Mr. Edwards: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate (a) the number of people on working families tax credit whose hourly earnings fall into the earnings bands (i) £3.70 to £3.90, (ii) £3.91 to £4.11, (iii) £4.12 to £4.32, (iv) £4.33 to £4.53, (v) £4.54 to £4.74, (vi) £4.75 to £4.95, (vii) £4.96 to £5.16, (viii) £5.17 to £5.37, (ix) £5.38 to £5.58, (x) £5.59 to £5.79, (xi) £5.80 to £6.00, (xii) £6.01 to £6.21, (xiii) £6.22 to £6.43, (xiv) £6.44 to £6.64 and (xv) £6.65 to £6.85 and (b) the average award received in each band. [151426]
Dawn Primarolo: I refer my hon. Friend to my reply to the hon. Member for Havant (Mr. Willetts) on 8 March 2000, Official Report, column 771W.
Death Certificates
Mr. Burnett: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what increase in revenue is expected by the use of original death certificates instead of solicitor-certified copies in the administration of estates; [R] [151175]
- (2) what representations he has received on the abolition of the use of solicitor-certified copy death certificates; [R] [151174]
(3) what steps he is taking to protect estate assets before the granting of representation is issued; [151168]
(4) what information he collated relating to fraudulent practice among solicitors in the administration of estates when solicitor-certified copy death certificates have been used, prior to deciding to end the use of solicitor-certified death certificates. [151169]
Miss Melanie Johnson: I refer the hon. Gentleman to the reply I gave to the hon. Member for Hertsmere (Mr. Clappison) on 6 February 2001, Official Report, columns 494-95W. Solicitors could give financial institutions early notice of a death by letter or electronically, as they would have to do when the registration of a death is delayed by an inquest. The evidential value of a letter would be at least the same as a photocopy death certificate.
Equitable Life
Mr. Laurence Robertson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what discussions he has had with the management of Equitable Life regarding the honouring of guaranteed annuities; and if he will make a statement. [151360]
Miss Melanie Johnson: The regulator monitors companies on an on-going basis to ensure that regulatory requirements are met.
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