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Comprehensive Spending Review

Mr. Wiggin: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what role economic incentives have in respect of the targets in the Comprehensive Spending Review. [73769]

Mr. Boateng: Departments decide how to provide the right incentives to ensure delivery of their targets, as part of the delivery planning process.

Frozen Assets (Madagascar)

Mr. McNamara: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assets are held in the United Kingdom by (a) the Government and (b) other public authorities based in Madagascar; on what grounds action has been taken to freeze such assets; what mechanisms are available for concerned parties to (i) make representations and (ii) appeal against his action; and

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what action has been taken by other European Union countries against accounts held by authorities in Madagascar. [74158]

Ruth Kelly: No assets held in the United Kingdom by the Government or other public authorities based in Madagascar have been frozen. Actions taken by other European Union countries are a matter for their Governments.

Census (Northern Ireland)

Mr. McNamara: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans the Office for National Statistics has to publish the results of the Census in Northern Ireland; and what the breakdown is of (a) the adult population and (b) children under 18 years of age in each parliamentary constituency by religious belief and perceived community origin. [74159]

Ruth Kelly: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.

Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Kevin McNamara, dated 15 October 2002:

As National Statistician and Registrar General for England and Wales I have been asked to reply to your recent question to the Chancellor of the Exchequer asking what plans ONS has to publish the results of the Census in Northern Ireland; and what the breakdown is of (a) the adult population and (b) children under 18 years of age in each Parliamentary constituency by religious belief and perceived community origin (74159)

As Registrar General for England and Wales, I have a statutory duty, under the provisions of section 4(1) of the Census Act 1920, to report the results of the Census in England and Wales to Parliament. The Registrar General for Northern Ireland has a similar statutory responsibility to report the results of the Census in Northern Ireland to the Northern Ireland Assembly. Thus, the ONS does not have any plans to publish detailed results of the Census in Northern Ireland.

However, the first results from the 2001 Census, presented in a report to Parliament on 30 September, and which set out the population figures by sex and quinary age group for each local authority in England and Wales, also included corresponding

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figures for Northern Ireland as a whole and for Scotland, so that total figures for the United Kingdom could be included in order to assist all Members of Parliament.

ONS also plan to publish a selection of key statistics from the 2001 Census for each UK Parliamentary constituency in a report, which is expected to be to be laid before Parliament around June 2003. This would include some summary information taken from the responses to the census question on religion, and would include counts of population by sex by age by main religious group. The Registrar General for Northern Ireland will decide what information on religious belief and community background of the population in Northern Ireland constituencies is to be included in this Report.

The more detailed results on religion in Northern Ireland will be produced, however, by the Registrar General for Northern Ireland in reports to the Northern Ireland Assembly.

Earnings (Scotland)

Mr. Moore: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list for (a) Scotland and (b) each unitary local authority area in Scotland the (i) weekly median earnings and (ii) the distribution of earnings for those earning (A) under the point below which 10 per cent. of earners fall and (B) the point above which 10 per cent. of earners exceed, broken down by (1) male manual, (2) male non-manual, (3) all male workers, (4) female manual, (5) female non-manual and (6) all female workers. [74312]

Ruth Kelly: 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 15 October 2002:

As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question on the distribution of weekly earnings for workers in Scotland and the unitary authorities in Scotland. (74312)
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. In the attached tables I have provided the available data for Scotland and the unitary authorities in Scotland only for those areas where the samples are large enough. These are based on the 2001 NES, the latest survey for which data are available.
Distribution of Gross Weekly Earnings of full time employees on adult rates of pay

	Male Non-Manual			Male Manual			Male All
	Ten percent earned			Ten percent earned			Ten percent earned
	Median	less than	more than	Median	less than	more than	Median	less than	more than
	(#)	(#)	(#)	(#)	(#)	(#)	(#)	(#)	(#)
SCOTLAND	465.7	246.7	845.2	323.7	206.2	514.3	388.8	222.6	720.8
Aberdeen City	568.1	252.7	1067.2	337.0	197.5	682.9	451.5	232.8	972.2
Aberdeenshire	..	..	..	332.2	205.6	503.8	388.3	230.3	685.1
Angus	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Argyll & Bute	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Scottish Borders, The	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Clackmannanshire	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Dumfries & Galloway	..	..	..	316.3	199.1	434.1	345.5	212.9	666.9
Dundee City	..	..	..	328.1	196.0	494.4	385.5	220.8	683.3
East Ayrshire	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
East Dunbartonshire	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
East Lothian	..	..	..	314.4	208.0	439.4	..	..	..
East Renfrewshire	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Edinburgh, City of	493.0	247.3	881.0	326.5	196.4	530.9	425.6	225.1	793.0
Falkirk	..	..	..	365.9	224.8	730.2	379.7	216.6	710.9
Fife	431.0	215.5	715.7	316.0	215.5	491.4	354.8	215.8	627.8
Glasgow City	465.1	236.5	863.7	322.1	198.3	513.0	400.0	219.8	767.8
Highland	477.5	245.5	729.4	316.6	202.7	472.7	363.7	209.0	628.4
Inverclyde	..	..	..	358.5	191.8	479.5	..	..	..
Midlothian	..	..	..	301.9	214.4	496.3	351.2	226.7	578.8
Moray	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
North Ayrshire	..	..	..	..	..	..	405.1	208.8	700.0
North Lanarkshire	448.3	258.2	770.6	348.5	212.6	529.3	380.3	235.4	683.3
Orkney Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Perth & Kinross	..	..	..	287.4	184.1	451.7	373.1	204.5	638.2
Renfrewshire	486.6	250.0	856.2	343.6	177.5	505.6	408.0	221.3	772.0
Shetland Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
South Ayrshire	..	..	..	354.6	224.4	528.7	393.2	225.7	678.6
South Lanarkshire	..	..	..	336.2	225.4	520.2	391.6	237.7	686.7
Stirling	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
West Dunbartonshire	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
West Lothian	..	..	..	332.1	218.4	544.0	383.3	230.5	682.8
Western Isles	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..




Note:

''..'' denotes the data has been suppressed in line with NES publication criteria.

Source:

New Earnings Survey, April 2001

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Distribution of Gross Weekly Earnings of full time employees on adult rates of pay

	Female Non-Manual			Female Manual			Female All
	Ten percent earned			Ten percent earned			Ten percent earned
	Median	less than	more than	Median	less than	more than	Median	less than	more than
	(#)	(#)	(#)	(#)	(#)	(#)	(#)	(#)	(#)
SCOTLAND	316.7	198.0	562.6	212.3	151.1	345.0	295.8	181.6	536.6
Aberdeen City	349.1	213.4	586.0	..	..	..	316.3	181.3	533.1
Aberdeenshire	..	..	..	..	..	..	236.1	146.4	498.6
Angus	324.9	208.8	509.8	..	..	..	268.5	170.8	492.9
Argyll & Bute	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Scottish Borders, The	..	..	..	213.6	151.6	259.3	..	..	..
Clackmannanshire	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Dumfries & Galloway	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Dundee City	302.0	194.2	526.0	236.9	168.8	337.2	276.7	188.5	492.2
East Ayrshire	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
East Dunbartonshire	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
East Lothian	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
East Renfrewshire	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Edinburgh, City of	351.9	216.0	630.4	..	..	..	336.5	207.0	614.2
Falkirk	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Fife	299.9	184.7	535.7	223.2	154.6	359.0	267.3	178.5	492.2
Glasgow City	316.8	206.1	557.7	196.3	148.2	344.1	307.2	192.4	547.2
Highland	299.9	183.1	551.8	..	..	..	292.0	177.1	537.8
Inverclyde	..	..	..	..	..	..	272.0	188.5	478.9
Midlothian	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Moray	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
North Ayrshire	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
North Lanarkshire	296.5	198.3	536.6	197.9	160.8	319.4	277.8	183.0	504.0
Orkney Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Perth & Kinross	287.9	172.7	535.6	..	..	..	267.3	163.2	503.7
Renfrewshire	330.5	198.4	564.7	..	..	..	294.3	178.8	536.6
Shetland Islands	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
South Ayrshire	347.4	211.8	552.0	310.1	200.7	546.3
South Lanarkshire	343.9	201.8	583.3	..	..	..	305.4	188.5	542.8
Stirling	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
West Dunbartonshire	..	..	..	..	..	..	271.0	166.9	446.0
West Lothian	..	..	..	..	..	..	316.0	200.2	550.2
Western Isles	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..




Note:

''..'' denotes the data has been suppressed in line with NES publication criteria.

Source:

New Earnings Survey, April 2001

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