HC Deb 04 February 2002 vol 379 c697W
Mr. Cox

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the average earnings were for(a) men and (b) women working in the Greater London area at the latest available date. [32120]

Ruth Kelly

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.

Letter from John Kidgell to Mr. Tom Cox, dated 4 January 2002The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent question on average pay in Greater London. I am replying in his absence. (32120) New Earnings Survey (NES) provides earnings data for full-time employees on adult rates of pay. In April 2001, the latest date for which figures are available, estimates of the average weekly pay in the Greater London Government Office Region are £667.70 for men and £483.10 for women.