§ Mr. GoodmanTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the average(a) weekly wage, (b) weekly earnings, (c) income per head and (d) household income of (i) men and (ii) women was in each ethnic group in the Wycombe constituency in each of the last five years. [14866]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Paul Goodman, dated 19 November 2001:
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent question on earnings of men and women in the Wycombe constituency by ethnic group (14866).The most recent available information is from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) for Winter 2000–01. This is only available for the Local Authority District of Wycombe and not for parliamentary constituencies, and is shown in the table overleaf. Information in the detail you require is not available except for average weekly earnings for the total of men and women, and for the 'White' ethnic group. The sample sizes are too small to provide estimates for other groups.The Family Resources Survey (FRS) provides estimates of income by household. However no data is available at a parliamentary constituency or Local Authority District level for ethnic origin from this source.
Average gross weekly earnings of full-time1 employees by ethnicity; Wycombe Local Authority District; Winter (December to February) 2000–01; not seasonally adjusted £ Employees by ethnicity Winter 2000–01 All persons 514 White 535 Non-white 2— 1 The definition of full-time is based on respondents' self assessment 2 Sample size too small for reliable estimate