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Gross weekly pay for Employee jobs( a) by Place of Work (council area)
York Unitary Authority
Median Mean
Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time
Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female

2006

*491

*391

x

*146

*578

444

**148

*174

2005

*454

*356

x

*133

508

399

**140

*156

2004(b)

*460

*342

x

*126

505

*398

x

*147

2004

*472

*342

x

*130

526

*399

**158

*150

2003

*446

*335

x

**124

*490

*372

**139

*144

2002

*448

*306

x

*125

*475

*349

x

*138

2001

*402

*303

x

**116

447

331

x

*132

2000

*403

*286

x

**117

462

320

**93

*126

1999

*382

*267

x

*101

432

303

x

*111

1998

*372

*250

x

*95

420

284

x

*106

1997

*363

*235

x

*89

397

260

x

*103

(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%, we would expect the population average to be within the range 180 to 220.
Key:
CV <= 5%
* CV > 5% and <= 10%
** CV > 10% and <=20%
x CV > 20%
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.
Source:
Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, Office for National Statistics.

Furniture Manufacturing Businesses

Mr. Gordon Prentice: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many furniture manufacturing businesses were (a) registered and (b) de-registered for VAT in each year since 1997. [107406]

Margaret Hodge: I have been asked to reply.

The following table shows the number of furniture manufacturers that have (a) registered and (b) de-registered for VAT in each year since 1997. The start of year stock of VAT registered businesses is also shown.

Number of VAT registrations, de-registrations and start of year VAT registered stock 1997-2005
Registrations De-registrations Start of year stock

1997

655

610

7,615

1998

655

590

7,660

1999

640

635

7,725

2000

620

595

7,730

2001

540

605

7,755

2002

490

640

7,695

2003

575

605

7,545

2004

495

590

7,515

2005

485

595

7,420

Note:
Figures are for SIC code 361, manufacturer of furniture.
Source:
Small Business Service Analytical Unit, available from www.sbs.gov.uk/vat

VAT registration and de-registration data do not capture all business activity. Businesses are unlikely to be registered if their turnover falls below the compulsory VAT threshold, which has risen in each year since 1997. Similarly, businesses that de-register will not necessarily have closed. Only 1.8 million out of 4.3 million businesses (42 per cent.) were registered for VAT at the start of 2005.

Insurance: Travel

Mr. Francois: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what effect on the income generated to the Exchequer has resulted from the extension of the higher rate of insurance premium tax to all travel insurance since 1998. [104642]

John Healey: Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs does not collect data on insurance premium tax from individual types of insurance.

Lyons Review

John Cummings: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many jobs have been relocated to (a) the north-east and (b) elsewhere following the Lyons Review; and if he will make a statement. [105120]

Mr. Timms: Strong progress has been made towards our target of relocating 20,000 civil service posts out of London and the south-east by 2010 and by the end of September 2006 more than 10,500 posts had already been moved to every nation and region in the UK. Of these, more than 640 went to the north-east.

Mortality Rates

Mr. Waterson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the mortality rate was of (a) men and (b) women in Eastbourne in each year since 1996. [105112]

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

Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 11 December 2006:

Table 1: Age-standardised mortality rates( 1) , Eastbourne local authority, 1996 to 2005( 2)
Deaths per 100,000
Males Females

1996

845

546

1997

805

541

1998

805

536

1999

820

518

2000

786

517

2001

877

494

2002

796

488

2003

730

496

2004

754

512

2005

726

522

(1) Age-standardised mortality rates per 100,000 population, standardised to the European Standard Population. Age-standardised rates are used to allow comparison between populations which may contain different proportions of people of different ages.
(2) Using local authority boundaries as of 2005 for deaths for all years shown.


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Mr. Waterson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the (a) diagnosis and (b) mortality rate was for (i) chronic lung disease, (ii) coronary heart disease and (iii) cancer in each ward in Eastbourne constituency in each of the last 10 years. [105113]

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

Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 11 December 2006:

Table 1: Age-standardised cancer incidence rates( 1, 2) , Eastbourne local authority( 3) , 1995 to 2004
Cases per 100,000

1995

343

1996

343

1997

343

1998

386

1999

402

2000

344

2001

353

2002

375

2003

294

2004

360

(1) Age-standardised cancer registration rates per 100,000 population, standardised to the European Standard Population. Age-standardised rates are used to allow comparison between populations which may contain different proportions of people of different ages.
(2) International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes C00-C97 excluding non-melanoma skin cancer code C44.
(3) Using local authority boundaries as of 2005 for cancer registrations for all years shown.

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