House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 23 Oct 2006 (pt 0024)

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Gross weekly (constant price £) pay for employee jobs^{( a)} by place of work
Gateshead
	Median				Mean
	Full-time		Part-time		Full-time		Part-time
	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female
2005	*460	*312	x	**117	511	380	**207	*140
2004^(b)	*440	*306	x	*117	507	359	**138	*136
2004	*444	*304	x	**118	515	359	**143	*138
2003	*402	*304	x	**127	461	347	**131	*142
2002	405	*298	x	**126	461	343	**159	*140
2001	*417	*291	x	**120	480	*342	**109	*133
2000	*420	*283	**104	**111	468	328	**121	*136
1999	*407	*278	x	**114	459	333	**108	*132
1998	*411	*277	x	**104	471	*317	x	*126
1997	*413	*283	x	*111	451	326	**169	*127
a. Employees on adult rates whose pay for the survey pay-period was not affected by absence. b. In 2004 additional supplementary surveys were introduced to improve the coverage of the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings. Figures are presented both excluding and including the additional surveys for comparison purposes. Guide to quality: The Coefficient of Variation (CV) indicates the quality of a figure, the smaller the CV value the higher the quality. The true value is likely to lie within +/- twice the CV—for example, for an average of 200 with a CV of 5 per cent., we would expect the population average to be within the range 180 to 220. Key: CV <= 5 per cent. * CV > 5 per cent. and <= 10 per cent. ** CV > 10 per cent. and <= 20 per cent. x CV > 20 per cent. The median replaces the mean as the headline statistic. The weighted mean is the sum of the weighted values divided by the sum of the weights. The median is the value below which 50 per cent. of employees fall. It is preferred over the mean for earnings data as it is influenced less by extreme values and because of the skewed distribution of earnings data. Note: Constant price terms have been uprated using the Retail Prices Index (RPI), re-based at April 2005. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, Office for National Statistics.

Mr. Drew: To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what the (a) average wage for (i) full-time male, (ii) full-time female, (iii) part-time male and (iv) part-time female employees and (b) average household income for working age households was in the Stroud District Council area in (A) cash and (B) constant price terms in each of the last 10 years. [95343]

John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician who has been asked to reply.

Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 23 October 2006

As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking what the (a) average wage for (i) full-time male, (ii) full-time female, (iii) part time male and (iv) part time female employees and (b) average household income for working age households was in the Stroud District Council area in (A) cash and (B) constant price terms in each of the last 10 years. (95343).

Currently average earnings are estimated from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE), and are provided for employees on adult rates of pay whose pay was unaffected by absence during the pay period. This is the standard definition used for ASHE. The ASHE does not collect data on the self employed and people who do unpaid work.

I have attached tables containing statistics on earnings from the ASHE for the years 1997-2005. The second table shows these earnings statistics expressed in 2005 prices by uprating with the Retail Price Index (RPI).

Average household income for working age households by council area is not available. Household income statistics for all households in the UK, based on the Family Resources Survey, are produced by the Department of Work and Pensions. Additionally the Office for National Statistics has produced statistics for wards for 2001-02 only. These estimates are based on a statistical model and are experimental statistics—they have been developed in accordance with the principles set out in the National Statistics Code of Practice but are not accredited as National Statistics.

The ASHE, carried out in April of each year, is the most comprehensive source of earnings information in the United Kingdom. It is a one per cent sample of all employees who are members of pay-as-you-earn (PAYE) schemes, but because of its sampling frame, it has difficulty capturing data on people with very low pay. It is therefore likely to under-represent relatively low paid staff earning below the tax threshold.

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Gross weekly (cash £) pay for employee jobs^{( a)} by place of work
	Median				Mean
Stroud	Full time male	Full time female	Part time male	Part time female	Full time male	Full time female	Part time male	Part time female
2005	⁽¹⁾475	⁽²⁾316	⁽³⁾—	⁽²⁾110	⁽¹⁾523	⁽¹⁾404	⁽²⁾162	⁽¹⁾137
2004^(b)	⁽¹⁾441	⁽²⁾337	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽¹⁾482	⁽¹⁾403	⁽³⁾—	⁽²⁾151
2004	⁽¹⁾439	⁽²⁾342	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽¹⁾494	⁽¹⁾399	⁽³⁾—	⁽¹⁾150
2003	⁽¹⁾428	⁽²⁾346	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	477	⁽¹⁾376	⁽³⁾—	⁽¹⁾140
2004	⁽¹⁾424	⁽²⁾278	⁽³⁾—	⁽²⁾114	⁽¹⁾493	⁽¹⁾337	⁽³⁾—	⁽²⁾136
2001	⁽¹⁾416	⁽²⁾281	⁽²⁾142	⁽³⁾—	⁽¹⁾493	⁽¹⁾326	⁽³⁾—	⁽²⁾160
2000	⁽¹⁾407	⁽²⁾260	⁽³⁾—	⁽²⁾109	⁽¹⁾451	⁽¹⁾279	⁽²⁾126	⁽²⁾135
1999	⁽¹⁾361	⁽²⁾248	⁽³⁾—	⁽²⁾115	405	⁽¹⁾282	⁽³⁾—	⁽²⁾151
1998	⁽¹⁾379	⁽²⁾235	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	420	⁽¹⁾267	⁽³⁾—	⁽²⁾141
1997	⁽¹⁾363	⁽²⁾221	⁽³⁾—	⁽²⁾102	391	⁽¹⁾249	⁽³⁾—	⁽¹⁾101

Gross weekly (constant price £ ) pay for employee jobs^{( a,c)} by place of work
Stroud	Median				Mean
	Full time male	Full time female	Part time male	Part time female		Full time male	Full time female	Part time male	Part time female
2005	⁽¹⁾475	⁽²⁾316	⁽³⁾—	⁽²⁾110		⁽¹⁾523	⁽¹⁾404	⁽²⁾162	⁽¹⁾137
2004^(b)	⁽¹⁾454	⁽²⁾347	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—		⁽¹⁾496	⁽¹⁾415	⁽³⁾—	⁽²⁾156
2004	⁽¹⁾452	⁽²⁾352	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—		⁽¹⁾509	⁽¹⁾411	⁽³⁾—	⁽¹⁾155
2003	⁽¹⁾454	⁽²⁾367	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—		506	⁽¹⁾399	⁽³⁾—	⁽¹⁾148
2002	⁽¹⁾462	⁽²⁾303	⁽³⁾—	⁽²⁾124		⁽¹⁾537	⁽¹⁾367	⁽³⁾—	⁽²⁾148
2001	⁽¹⁾462	⁽²⁾312	⁽²⁾158	⁽³⁾—		⁽¹⁾547	⁽¹⁾362	⁽³⁾—	⁽²⁾178
2000	⁽¹⁾460	⁽²⁾294	⁽³⁾—	⁽²⁾123		⁽¹⁾510	⁽¹⁾315	⁽²⁾142	⁽²⁾153
1999	⁽¹⁾419	⁽²⁾288	⁽³⁾—	⁽²⁾133		470	⁽¹⁾327	⁽³⁾—	⁽²⁾175
1998	⁽¹⁾447	⁽²⁾277	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—		496	⁽¹⁾315	⁽³⁾—	⁽²⁾166
1997	⁽¹⁾446	⁽²⁾272	⁽³⁾—	⁽²⁾125		481	⁽¹⁾306	⁽³⁾—	⁽¹⁾124
Note: The median replaces the mean as the headline statistic. The weighted mean is the sum of the weighted values divided by the sum of the weights. The median is the value below which 50 per cent of employees fall. It is preferred over the mean for earnings data as it is influenced less by extreme values and because of the skewed distribution of earnings ^(a) Employees on adult rates whose pay for the survey pay-period was not affected by absence. ^(b) In 2004 additional supplementary surveys were introduced to improve the coverage of the annual survey of hours and earnings. Figures are presented both excluding and including the additional surveys for comparison purposes. ^(c) Constant price terms have been uprated using the Retail Prices Index (RPI), re-based at April 2005. Guide to quality: The Coefficient of Variation (CV) indicates the quality of a figure, the smaller the CV value the higher the quality. The true value is likely to lie within +/- twice the CV—for example, for an average of 200 with a CV of 5 per cent., we would expect the population average to be within the range 180 to 220. Key: CV<=5% ^{(1 )}CV>5%and<=10% ⁽²⁾ CV>10%and<=20% ⁽³⁾ CV>20% Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, Office for National Statistics

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