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Pay: Milton Keynes
Mr. Lancaster: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how much on average (a) men and (b) women in full-time employment in Milton Keynes were paid each week (i) in 1996-97 and (ii) at the latest date for which figures are available (A) in cash terms and (B) at constant prices. [321877]
Angela E. Smith: I have been asked to reply.
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
Letter from Stephen Penneck, dated March 2010:
As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking how much on average (a) men and (b) women in full-time employment in Milton Keynes were paid each week (i) in 1996-97 and (ii) at the latest date for which figures are available (A) in cash terms and (B) at constant prices. (321877)
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 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 median gross weekly earnings for male full-time and female full-time employees for the Milton Keynes unitary authority area for the years 1997 and 2009, the earliest and latest periods for which figures are available. The all-items Retail Prices Index for April of each year has been used to calculate the equivalent constant price estimates.
| Median gross weekly earnings (£)-for full-time male and female employee jobs( a) : Milton Keynes 1997 and 2009 | |||
| 1997 cash | 1997 at 2009 prices( b) | 2009 | |
| Notes: (a) Full-time employees on adult rates whose pay for the survey pay-period was not affected by absence. As at April of each year. (b) Deflated using all items RPI for April of each year 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% and<= 10% Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE), Office for National Statistics. 1997 and 2009 | |||
Personal Income: York
Hugh Bayley: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what the average weekly gross earnings of full-time (a) men, (b) women and (c) people in York were (i) in 1996-97 and (ii) at the latest date for which figures are available (A) in cash terms and (B) at constant prices. [321695]
Angela E. Smith: I have been asked to reply.
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply. The letter will be placed in the Libraries of the House.
Physics: Higher Education
Dr. Iddon: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how much funding from the public purse per physics undergraduate was allocated to universities in each of the last five years. [321825]
Mr. Lammy: This information is not held in the form requested. The Higher Education Funding Council for England's (HEFCE) teaching grant to institutions reflects the additional costs associated with particular subjects. It places each subject into four price bands from A to D, with A attracting the highest level of grant. Physics along with other laboratory-based subjects is in price group B. The rate of grant per full-time equivalent undergraduate in this price group was as follows:
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It should be noted that these figures do not equate to the total public contribution to each student.
Students: Radicalism
Mr. Hayes: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills whether his Department has allocated funding to combating Islamic extremism in educational establishments in 2009-10. [321681]
Mr. Lammy: The amount of funding allocated to Preventing Violent Extremism and promoting cohesion in further and higher education by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills for financial year 2009-10 is £1.1 million.
Unemployment: Wellingborough
Mr. Bone: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what his most recent estimate is of the number of young people in (a) Wellingborough constituency and (b) the UK who are not in employment, education or training. [310668]
Kevin Brennan: Due to small sample sizes, we cannot provide robust estimates of young people not in employment, education or training for geographical areas smaller than local education authorities. Therefore we are unable to provide estimates for parliamentary constituency areas.
England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland each have different measures of people not in employment, education and training, therefore we are unable to produce an estimate for the UK as a whole.
The number of young people not in employment, education or training in England is published by DCSF every quarter. The latest information can be found here:
Figures for other UK countries can be obtained from the relevant devolved administrations.
Weather: Industry
John Thurso: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what his most recent estimate is of the contribution to the economy of the private weather sector. [321360]
Ian Lucas: There has been no estimation of the contribution to the economy of the private weather sector. The most recent standard industrial classification system, from 2007, as well as past systems, do not separately classify the weather sector, and therefore no official data are available specifically for the weather sector.
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