| Previous Section | Index | Home Page |
22 July 2008 : Column 1268W—continued
Pay
Mr. Jenkins: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what the (a) mean and (b) median wage for (i) men and (ii) women has been in each year since 2003. [220126]
Mr. Watson: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 22 July 2008:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking what the (a) mean and (b) median wage for (i) men and (ii)) women has been in each year since 2003. (220126)
Levels of earnings, including mean and medians, 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.
ASHE results for each year since 2003 can be obtained on the National Statistics website at:
Smoking: Bexley
Mr. Evennett: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what estimate he has made of (a) the overall mortality rate and (b) the rate of mortality related to cigarette smoking in the London borough of Bexley in each of the last five years. [220394]
Mr. Watson: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 22 July 2008:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking what estimate has been made of (a) the overall mortality rate and (b) the rate of mortality related to cigarette smoking in the London Borough of Bexley in each of the last five years. (220394)
The table attached provides the age-standardised mortality rate for the London borough of Bexley, for 2002 to 2006 (the latest year available).
Deaths related to cigarette smoking cannot be directly estimated, as smoking status is not included on the death certificate. However, research published by the then Health Development Agency in 2004 suggested that, in the period 1998-2002, some 17 per cent of all deaths in England were attributable to smoking(1).
(1) Twigg L, Moon G, Walker S (2004) The smoking epidemic in England. London; Health Development Agency
| Table 1. Age-standardised mortality rate per 100,000 population( 1) all-cause mortality, London borough of Bexley, 2002-06( 2, 3) | |
| Rate per 100,000 | |
| (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) Based on boundaries as of 2008. (3) Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year. | |
Taxation
David Simpson: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1) what the estimated average cost to families in England and Wales was of (a) direct taxation and (b) indirect taxation in each of the last three years (i) in total and (ii) broken down by region; [220590]
(2) what the estimated average cost to families in England and Wales was of VAT charges in each of the last three years (a) in total and (b) broken down by region. [220592]
Mr. Watson: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 22 July 2008:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent questions asking what the estimated average cost to families in England and Wales was of (a) direct taxation and (b) indirect taxation in each of the last three years (i) in total and (ii) broken down by region (220590); and secondly what the estimated average cost to families in England and Wales was of VAT charges in each of the last three years (a) in total and (b) broken down by region (220592).
Estimates of the payment of both direct and indirect taxes by UK households appear in the ONS analysis 'The effects of taxes and benefits on household income'. The latest analysis for 2006-07 was published on the National Statistics website on 25th June 2008 at:
The analysis is based on data from the Expenditure and Food Survey, which is a sample survey covering approximately 6,000 households in the UK.
The two tables below, which are based on the same data, show the average annual payments of these taxes for households in England, Wales and each region of England. These estimates are based on a household survey, and so some of the year to year variation in estimates is due to sampling error.
| Next Section | Index | Home Page |