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Pay Statistics
Mr. Moore: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the average weekly gross pay (a) including
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and (b) excluding overtime for full-time workers in (i) Scotland, (ii) each of the unitary local authority areas in Scotland and (iii) Great Britain for (A) all manual, (B) all non-manual and (C) all workers in the last year for which figures are available. [134578]
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 29 October 2003:
- As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question on the average weekly gross pay (a) including and (b) excluding overtime for full-time workers in (i) Scotland (ii) each of the unitary local authority areas in Scotland and (iii) Great Britain for all workers. (134578)
- The attached tables show the average gross weekly gross pay (a) including and (b) excluding overtime for full-time workers in (i) Scotland (ii) each of the unitary local authority areas in Scotland and (iii) Great Britain for all workers.
- The tables do not include estimates for manual and non-manual employees separately. This is because the data have been coded on the Standard Occupational Classification 2000 which does not differentiate between manual and non-manual employees. An alternative to the manual and non-manual separation can be derived from the New Earnings Survey (NES), based on the National Statistics Socio-Economic Classification (NS-SEC). However, the two classification methods do produce different results and, to avoid misunderstanding, tables based on the NS-SEC will not be used to substitute for manual and non-manual employees in publications. Hence there is no data based on the manual and non-manual separation.
- The NES publication criteria state that all estimates with a sample number less than 30 or a relative standard error greater than 5 per cent. must be suppressed. A large number of estimates have been removed from the lists due to the suppression criteria. The information is based on the 2003 NES, the latest survey for which data are available, providing earnings data for April 2003.
(7) Data have been suppressed due to small sample size or high relative standard error.
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| Area | Average earnings |
|---|---|
| Great Britain | 457.4 |
| Scotland | 417.3 |
| Scottish Unitary Authorities | |
| Aberdeen City | 502.6 |
| Aberdeenshire | 390.8 |
| Angus | 371.6 |
| Argyll and Bute | 358.2 |
| Scottish Borders, The | 340.9 |
| Clackmannanshire | (8)— |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 363.0 |
| Dundee City | 420.6 |
| East Ayrshire | 402.5 |
| East Dunbartonshire | (8)— |
| East Lothian | 377.4 |
| East Renfrewshire | (8)— |
| Edinburgh, City of | 455.0 |
| Falkirk | 388.9 |
| Fife | 387.9 |
| Glasgow City | 420.3 |
| Highland | 401.1 |
| Inverclyde | 366.6 |
| Midlothian | 394.1 |
| Moray | 344.7 |
| North Ayrshire | 394.1 |
| North Lanarkshire | 416.4 |
| Orkney Islands | (8)— |
| Perth and Kinross | 389.8 |
| Renfrewshire | 419.6 |
| Shetland Islands | (8)— |
| South Ayrshire | 419.8 |
| South Lanarkshire | 405.0 |
| Stirling | 403.9 |
| West Dunbartonshire | (8)— |
| West Lothian | 394.9 |
| Western Isles | (8)— |
(8) Data have been suppressed due to small sample size or high relative standard error
Mr. Moore: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of full-time workers in (a) Scotland, (b) each of the unitary local authority areas in Scotland and (c) Great Britain earned gross pay less than (i) £287.93 per week, (ii) £215.95 per week and (iii) £159.60 per week for the categories (A) male manual, (B) male non-manual, (C) all male, (D) female manual, (E) female non-manual, (F) all female, (G) all manual, (H) all non-manual and (I) all workers, (1) including and (2) excluding overtime in the last period for which figures are available. [134579]
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Ruth Kelly: The information requested falls within the responsibility National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Michael Moore, dated 29 October 2003:
- As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question on the percentage of full-time workers who earned gross pay beneath various thresholds in Great Britain, Scotland, and the unitary authorities in Scotland. (134579)
- I am placing in the House of Commons Library, six tables showing the percentage of full-time workers in (a) Scotland (b) each of the unitary local authority areas in Scotland and (c) Great Britain who earned gross pay less than (i) £287.93 (ii) £215.95 and (iii) £159.60 per week for (A) male workers (B) female workers and (C) all workers, (1) including and (2) excluding overtime.
- The tables do not include estimates for manual and non-manual employees separately. This is because the data have been coded on the Standard Occupational Classification 2000 which does not differentiate between manual and non-manual employees. An alternative to the manual and non-manual separation can be derived from the New Earnings Survey (NES), based on the National Statistics Socio-Economic Classification (NS-SEC). However, the two classification methods do produce different results and, to avoid misunderstanding, tables based on the NS-SEC will not be used to substitute for manual and non-manual employees in publications. Hence there is no data based on the manual and non-manual separation.
- There are no data available for each of the unitary local authority areas in Scotland for full-time workers who earned gross pay less than £159.60 per week including and excluding overtime due to our publication criteria.
- This is a result of the New Earnings Survey publication criteria, which state that all estimates with a sample number less than 30 or a relative standard error greater than 5 per cent. must be suppressed. A large number of estimates have been removed from the lists due to the suppression criteria. The information is based on the 2003 NES, the latest survey for which data are available, providing earnings data for April 2003.
Performance and Innovation Fund
Dr. Cable: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the budget of the Performance and Innovation Fund was in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. [134226]
John Healey: There is no Performance and Innovation fund. However, the Policy Innovation Fund was established in the 2000 Spending Review and the first year in which allocations were made was 2001–02. The budget for the years 2001–02, 2002–03 and 2003–04 was £50 million per annum.
Stamp Duty
Mr. Stephen O'Brien: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he plans to increase stamp duty on homes. [134416]
Ruth Kelly: Stamp duty on house purchases will be replaced by stamp duty land tax from 1 December, but the rates for residential property purchases will be the same. Changes to the tax system are announced by the Chancellor as part of the Budget process.
Tax Credits
Mr. Webb: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer under what statutory authority he is seeking to recover
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overpayments of tax credits within the current financial year (a) in cases of official error and (b) in other cases. [134995]
Dawn Primarolo: Section 28(5) Tax Credits Act 2002 deals with cases where it appears likely that an overpayment of tax credits under an award will arise for a tax year. It enables the Inland Revenue to amend that award, or any other award of tax credit to the claimant(s), with a view to reducing or eliminating the likely overpayment.
Section 28(6) covers cases where a tax credits award is terminated on the grounds that those who had claimed had never, during the period of the award, been entitled to tax credits. In these cases, the amount paid under the award may be recovered as though it were an overpayment of tax credits identified at the year end.
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