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Office for National Statistics: Internet
Mr. Willetts: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he has taken to improve the accessibility and user-friendliness of the Office for National Statistics website. [162306]
Angela Eagle: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 13( th) November 2007:
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your question regarding what steps has been taken to improve the accessibility and user-friendliness of the Office for National Statistics website. (162306)
The Office currently has a major project underway to review and improve its website, adopting the principles of user-centred design in order to ensure that it delivers the usability and functionality that its users require. The initial improvements to its website will focus on the area explaining the Office's new independent status following the passage of the Statistics and Registration Act 2007 which comes into force in April 2008. Thereafter the intention is to roll out a programme of improvements across the statistical areas of the website by 2009.
Pay
Andrew George:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the (a) mean and (b) median salary,
including the pro-rata salary for part-time workers, of (i) full-time men, (ii) full-time women, (iii) part-time men and (iv) part-time women was in the UK in each of the last 10 years. [164072]
Angela Eagle: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 13 November 2007:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what the (a) mean and (b) median salary including pro-rata salary for part-time workers of (i) full-time men, (ii) full-time women, (iii) part-time men and (iv) part-time women was in the UK in each of the last 10 years. (164072)
Levels of earnings are estimated from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE), and are provided for all full-time employees on adult rates of pay, whose pay for the survey period was not affected by absence. The ASHE survey, carried out in April each year, is the most comprehensive source of earnings information in the United Kingdom.
I attach a table showing the mean and median gross weekly earnings for full-time, part-time males and females from 1991 to 2007 for the UK.
| Gross w eekly pay for e mployee jobs( a) by UK | ||||||||||||
| Full Time Employees | Full Time Male | Full Time Female | ||||||||||
| Median £ | Growth Rate | Mean £ | Growth Rate | Median £ | Growth Rate | Mean £ | Growth Rate | Median £ | Growth Rate | Mean £ | Growth Rate | |
| (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) In 2006 a small number of methodological changes were introduced to improve the quality of the survey These include changes to the sample design itself, as well as the introduction of an automatic occupation coding tool. Figures are presented both excluding and including these changes 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. All of the figures on this table have a CV of less than 5%. CV <= 5% * CV > 5% and <= 10% ** CV> 10% and <=20% x CV > 20% Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, Office for National Statistics. | ||||||||||||
| Gross w eekly pay for e mployee jobs( a) by UK | ||||||||||||
| Part Time Employees | Part Time Male | Part Time Female | ||||||||||
| Median £ | Growth Rate | Mean £ | Growth Rate | Median £ | Growth Rate | Mean £ | Growth Rate | Median £ | Growth Rate | Mean £ | Growth Rate | |
| (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) In 2006 a small number of methodological changes were introduced to improve the quality of the survey These include changes to the sample design itself, as well as the introduction of an automatic occupation coding tool. Figures are presented both excluding and including these changes 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. All of the figures on this table have a CV of less than 5%. CV <= 5% * CV > 5% and <= 10% ** CV> 10% and <=20% x CV > 20% Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, Office for National Statistics. | ||||||||||||
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