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Mr. Meacher: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people had annual employment incomes of (a) below £10,000, (b) between 10,000 and £30,000, broken down by £1,000 intervals, (c) between £31,000 and £100,000, broken down by £5,000 intervals, (d) between £100,000 and £500,000, broken down by £50,000 interval and (e) above £500,000 in the latest period for which figures are available. [196711]

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

Letter from Jil Matheson, dated 31 March 2008:

The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking how many people had annual employment incomes of (a) below £10,000, (b) between £10,000 and £30,000 broken down by £1,000 intervals, (c) between £31,000 and £100,000, broken down by £5,000 intervals, (d) between £100,000 and £500,000, broken down by £50,000 interval and (e) above £500,000 in the latest period for which figures are available. I am replying in her absence. (196711)

Annual average levels of earnings are estimated from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE), and are provided for all employees on adult rates of pay who have been in the same job for more than 12 months. ASHE methodology cannot be used to provide estimates of the numbers of employees whose earnings are less than a specific amount, but can be used to provide estimates of percentages of employees in relevant categories. Estimates are for single jobs and not for total employment income.

I attach a table for 2007, showing the percentage of UK employees in the ranges stated.

The ASHE, carried out in April each year, is the most comprehensive source of earnings information in the United Kingdom. It is a sample of all employees who are members of pay- as-you-earn (PAYE) schemes.

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Proportions of all employees( 1) average annual earnings in the UK for 2007
	Percentage
<£10,000	18.9
£10,000 <£11,000	2.7
£11,000 <£12,000	2.9
£12,000 <£13,000	3.1
£13,000 <£14,000	3.0
£14,000 <£15,000	3.4
£15,000 <£16,000	3.4
£16,000 <£17,000	3.3
£17,000 <£18,000	3.2
£18,000 <£19,000	3.2
£19,000 <£20,000	3.0
£20,000 <£21,000	3.0
£21,000 <£22,000	2.7
£22,000 <£23,000	2.8
£23,000 <£24,000	2.5
£24,000 <£25,000	2.5
£25,000 <£26,000	2.4
£26,000 <£27,000	2.2
£27,000 <£28,000	2.1
£28,000 <£29,000	2.0
£29,000 <£30,000	1.9
£30,000 <£35,000	8.0
£35,000 <£40,000	5.6
£40,000 <£45,000	3.3
£45,000 <£50,000	2.1
£50,000 <£55,000	1.5
£55,000 <£60,000	1.0
£60,000 <£65,000	0.8
£65,000 <£70,000	(**)0.5
£70,000 <£75,000	(**)0.4
£75,000 <£80,000	(**)0.4
£80,000 <£85,000	(**)0.3
£85,000 <£90,000	(**)0.2
£90,000 <£95,000	(**)0.2
£95,000 <£100,000	(**)0.2
£100,000 <£150,000	0.8
£150,000 <£200,000	(*)0.2
£200,000 <£250,000	(**)0.1
£250,000 <£300,000	x
£300,000 <£350,000	x
£350,000 <£400,000	x
£400,000 <£450,000	x
£450,000 <£500,000	x
£500,000 +	(**)0.1

Summary table	Percentage
<£10,000	18.9
£10,000 <£30,000	55.3
£30,000 <£100,000	24.5
£100,000 +	1.3
(1) Both full-time and part-time employees on adult rates who have been in the same job for more than one year. (*) Coefficient of variation is >5% and <=10% (**) Coefficient of variation is >10% and <=20% x Coefficient of variation is >20% 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. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, Office for National Statistics, 2007.

Income Tax

Mr. Gregory Campbell: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the net effect on income tax receipts of imposing a 50 per cent. rate on those earning £100,000 and over per annum and raising the lower threshold for payment of income tax and national insurance contributions to £12,000 per annum. [196529]

Jane Kennedy [holding answer 25 March 2008]: The net effect of introducing a new higher rate band at 50 per cent. for incomes above £100,000 and raising the personal allowance to £12,000 would be a cost of around £65 billion for 2008-09. This figure excludes any estimate of behavioural response to the changes which could be significant given the scale of the changes, and which might eliminate a large proportion of the yield from any new higher rate band.

The estimates cover both income tax and national insurance contributions but assume the higher dividend rate remains at 32.5 per cent. and that the basic rate limit is unchanged.

The income tax information is based upon the 2005-06 Survey of Personal Incomes and 2008 Budget assumptions.

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Income: Greater London

Mr. Hoban: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the decile boundary earnings were for (a) London and (b) each London borough in the latest 12 month period for which figures are available, broken down by age cohort. [196517]

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

Letter from Jil Matheson, dated 31 March 2008:

The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking what the decile boundary
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earnings were for (a) London and (b) each London borough in the latest 12 month period for which figures are available, broken down by age cohort. I am replying in her absence. (196517)

Levels of earnings including medians, deciles and quartiles, are estimated from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE), and are provided for employees on adult rates of pay, whose pay for the survey period was not affected by absence. The ASHE, 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, deciles and quartiles for gross weekly earnings for full time employees in London by age for 2007. Figures for each London borough broken down by age group are not available. However, aggregate results for London boroughs can be obtained on the National Statistics website at:

http://www.statistics.gov.uk/ashe

Weekly pay—gross (£)—for full-time employee jobs( 1) : United Kingdom, 2007
				Percentiles
Description	Number of jobs( ) (thousand)	Median	Mean	10	20	25	30	40	60	70	75	80	90
London	2,661	581	731	309	383	419	451	513	667	767	838	935	1,275.0
London, age 18-21	78	305	331	203	231	245	256	278	328	356	374	388	(2)—
London, age 22-29	607	481	541	290	350	376	401	445	533	586	623	671	856.9
London, age 30-39	773	651	783	344	436	474	508	576	730	843	924	1,020	1,375.5
London, age 40-49	684	674	869	345	437	479	513	591	759	885	977	1,116	1,631.2
London, age 50-59	410	606	779	329	396	431	462	533	700	807	876	984	1,313.8
London, age 60+	106	523	679	289	345	372	399	466	597	687	767	847	(2)—
(1) Employees on adult rates whose pay for the survey pay-period was not affected by absence. (2) Estimate unreliable. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, Office for National Statistics. 1997-2007

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