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Written Questions: Government Responses
Mr Watson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when she plans to answer question (a) 228, on departmental official vehicles and (b) 392, on departmental electronic equipment, tabled on 25 May 2010. [3848]
Nick Herbert: I refer the hon. Member to the answers given on 10 June 2010, Official Report, column 226W and 22 June 2010, Official Report, column 145W.
Zakir Abdul-Karim Naik
Mr Ward: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department for what reason she has prohibited Dr Zakir Abdul-Karim Naik from entering the UK. [4234]
Damian Green: The Home Secretary excluded Dr Naik because she considered that his presence in the UK would not be conducive to the public good. A number of statements made by Dr Naik justifying terrorism and fostering hatred are evidence of his unacceptable behaviour.
Cabinet Office
Average Earnings: Redcar
Ian Swales: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the most recent estimate is of the number of people in Redcar constituency who earn less than £7,450 per annum. [4381]
Mr Hurd: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Stephen Penneck, dated June 2010:
As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking what the most recent estimate is of the number of people in Redcar constituency who earn less than £7,450 per annum. (4381)
Annual 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 a year. 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.
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 an estimate of the percentage of employees in that category. Unfortunately, because of small sample sizes, ONS is unable to produce a statistically reliable estimate for the percentage of employees in Redcar constituency who earn less than £7,450 per annum.
Ian Swales: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the average individual annual income was in Redcar constituency in each of the last five years. [4589]
Mr Hurd: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
Letter from Stephen Penneck, dated June 2010:
As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking what the average individual annual income was in Redcar constituency in each of the last five years. (4589).
Table 1 shows the estimated average net annual equivalised household income in Redcar parliamentary constituency, both before and after housing costs, in 2007/08, the latest year for which data are available and for 2004/05, the year previous to 2007/08 for which data are available. Incomes are presented net of income tax payments. National Insurance contributions and Council tax. The incomes are equivalised to take account of each household's size and composition, in recognition of how these affect their standard of living. Data for individuals are not available.
The estimates provided are based on small area statistics published by the ONS. They are classed as experimental statistics which means they have been developed in accordance with the principles set out in the National Statistics Code of Practice but have yet to be fully accredited as National Statistics.
These estimates, as with any involving sample surveys, are subject to a margin of uncertainty.
Average Earnings: Yorkshire and the Humber
Simon Reevell: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the average income of an individual was in each parliamentary constituency in Yorkshire and the Humber in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. [4359]
Mr Hurd: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
Letter from Stephen Penneck, dated June 2010:
As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking what the average income of an individual was in each parliamentary constituency in Yorkshire and the Humber in each of the last five years (4359).
Table 1 shows the estimated average net weekly equivalised household income in each parliamentary constituency in Yorkshire and the Humber, both before and after housing costs, in 2007/08, the latest year for which data are available and for 2004/05, the year previous to 2007/08 for which data are available. Incomes are presented net of income tax payments, National Insurance contributions and Council tax. The incomes are equivalised to take account of each household's size and composition, in recognition of how these affect their standard of living. Data for individuals are not available.
The estimates provided are based on small area statistics published by the ONS. They are classed as experimental statistics which means they have been developed in accordance with the principles set out in the National Statistics Code of Practice but have yet to be fully accredited as National Statistics.
These estimates, as with any involving sample surveys, are subject to a margin of uncertainty.
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