§ Lynne JonesTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his answer of 31 October 2001,Official Report, column 888W, to the hon. Member for the Isle of Wight (Mr. Turner), on graduate incomes, if he will give estimate of the average gross weekly earnings of full time employees by age, broken down into (a) graduates and (b) non-graduates and (i) male and (ii) female in each category for spring 2000. [14275]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Lynne Jones, dated 12 November 2001:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question about the average gross weekly earnings of graduates and non-graduates (14275).The Labour Force Survey (LFS provides estimates of average gross weekly earnings for graduates and non-graduates. However, it only collects information about qualifications from respondents of working age (men aged 16–64 and women aged 16–59). Therefore, it does not provide estimates for female graduates and non-graduates aged 60 years or over.Estimates for male and female graduates and non graduates for spring (March to May) 2000 are given in the attached table.
Average gross weekly earnings of full-time1 employees by age, gender and whether a graduate or non-graduate; United Kingdom; spring (March to May 2000); not seasonally adjusted £ All full-time employees of working age2,3 Graduates Non-graduates Male full-time employees aged: 16–64 years 426 628 370 18 years 152 5— 152 22 years 266 300 258 30 years 399 480 372 40 years 490 813 426 50 years 506 746 442 60 years 431 5— 382 Female full-time employees aged: 16–59 years 313 455 276 18 years 160 5— 160 22 years 229 250 221 30 years 351 450 308 40 years 354 5— 313 50 years 322 5— 295 60 years4 — — — 1 The definition of full-time/part-time is based on respondents' self-assessment 2 Men aged 16–64 and women aged 16–59 3 Includes people who did not state their qualifications 4 Estimates for women aged 60 years are not available because the questions about qualifications only apply to people of working age 5 Sample size too small for reliable estimate Source:
ONS Labour Force Survey