§ Simon HughesTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of(a) male, (b) female and (c) all full-time workers in (i) Greater London and (ii) each London borough had hourly gross earnings (A) including and (B) excluding overtime of below (1) £7.58, (2) £5.68 and (3) £4.20. [158401]
§ Ruth KellyThe in formation requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Colin Mowl to Simon Hughes, dated 5 March 2004:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent question on the proportion of (a) male, (b) female and (c) all full-time workers in (i) Greater London and (ii) each London Borough which had hourly gross earnings (A) including and excluding overtime of below (1) £7.58, (2) £5.68 and (3) £4.20. I am replying in his absence. (158401)
I attach two tables showing the average gross hourly pay including and excluding overtime.
Average earnings are estimated from the 2003 New Earnings Survey (NES) and are provided for full-time employees on adult rates of pay whose pay was unaffected by absence during the pay period. The tables show earnings according to employees' place of work, rather than usual residence. This is the standard definition used for NES tables. The NES does not collect data on the self employed and people who do unpaid work.
The NES. carried out in April of each year, is the most comprehensive source of earnings information in Great Britain. It is a one per cent sample of all employees who are members of pay-as-you-earn, (PAYE) schemes, but because of its sampling frame, it has difficulty capturing data on people with very low pay. It is therefore likely to under-represent relatively low paid staff earning below the tax threshold.
The New Earnings Survey publication criteria ensures that all estimates are undisclosive and of reliable quality. A large number of estimates have been removed from the lists due to the suppression criteria. The information is based on the 2003 NES, the latest survey for which data are available. The area of Greater London is defined by grouping together all the boroughs of London.
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Percentage of full time employees whose average hourly pay (including overtime) in 2003 fell below three stated thresholds Male employees' pay thresholds Female employees' pay thresholds All employees' pay thresholds Area £7.58 £5.68 £4.20 £7.58 £5.68 £4.20 £7.58 £5.68 £4.20 Bromley 39.3 20.3 — 45.5 25.2 — 42.1 20.7 — Camden 9.0 — — 8.8 — — 8.9 2.6 — Croydon 13.7 — — 29.3 12.7 — 20.0 8.6 — Ealing 22.7 — — 22.4 — — 22.6 8.4 — Enfield 23.5 — — 27.1 — — 24.8 7.6 — Greenwich 18.3 — — 33.8 — — 24.0 — — Hackney — — — — — — 14.4 — — Hammersmith and Fulham — — — 10.1 — — 8.1 — — Haringey — — — — — — 17.5 — — Harrow — — — — — — 13.8 — — Havering 44.9 18.7 — 45.6 21.8 — 45.2 20.1 — Hillingdon 13.9 12.2 — 29.2 14.0 — 18.8 8.5 — Hounslow 16.7 — — 19.9 — — 17.9 6.0 — Islington 7.3 — — 9.7 — — 8.2 — — Kensington and Chelsea 17.3 — — 19.2 — — 18.2 7.4 — Kingston upon Thames 21.5 — — 20.3 — — 21.0 — — Lambeth 15.7 — — — — — 13.2 6.1 — Lewisham — — — — — — 18.1 — — Merton 28.5 — — 38.3 — — 31.9 12.8 — Newham 22.6 — — 30.8 — — 25.4 — — Redbridge 27.1 — — — — — 23.1 — — Richmond upon Thames — — — — — — 18.8 — — Southwark 6.4 — — 8.7 — — 7.1 3.3 — Sutton — — — — — — 17.2 — — Tower Hamlets 10.2 — — — — — 9.1 3.8 — Waltham Forest 22.8 — — 29.6 — — 25.6 — — Wandsworth 19.3 — — 17.3 — — 18.5 — — City of Westminster 12.6 5.9 — 13.6 5.2 1.9 13.0 5.0 1.1 1224W1225W
Percentage of full time employees whose average hourly pay (excluding overtime) in 2003 fell below three stated thresholds Male employees' pay thresholds Female employees' pay thresholds All employees' pay thresholds Area £7.58 £5.68 £4.20 £7.58 £5.68 £4.20 £7.58 £5.68 £4.20 Percentage of employees whose pay (excluding overtime) falls below threshold Great Britain 27.9 9.5 1.3 37.4 15.1 1.9 31.5 11.6 1.5 Greater London 15.2 5.6 0.8 18.4 7.9 1.7 16.5 6.5 1.2 London Boroughs City of London 3.2 — — — — — 3.6 — — Barking and Dagenham 18.3 — — — — — 19.6 — — Barnet 20.1 — — 26.0 — — 22.8 9.4 — Bexley 29.5 — — 35.4 — — 31.6 10.1 — Brent 18.6 — — 29.6 — — 23.1 8.2 — Bromley 39.7 16.9 — 45.5 25.2 — 42.3 20.7 — Camden 9.2 — — 8.8 — — 9.0 2.7 — Croydon 14.8 — — 29.8 13.8 — 20.9 9.2 — Ealing 23.8 — — 22.4 — — 23.3 8.4 — Enfield 24.9 — — 26.3 — — 25.4 7.9 — Greenwich 18.3 — — 33.8 — — 24.0 13.1 — Hackney — — — — — — 14.0 — — Hammersmith and Fulham — — — 10.1 — — 8.5 — — Haringey — — — — — — 18.5 — — Harrow — — — 18.3 — — 17.4 — — Havering 44.9 18.4 — 45.6 22.3 — 45.2 20.3 — Hillingdon 14.4 6.0 — 29.2 14.0 — 19.2 8.6 — Hounslow 18.7 — — 20.9 — — 19.6 7.2 — Islington 7.7 — — 9.7 — — 8.5 3.3 — Kensington and Chelsea 18.3 — — 19.2 — — 18.7 7.4 — Kingston upon Thames 22.1 — — 20.3 — — 21.4 — — Lambeth 16.1 — — — — — 13.6 6.4 — Lewisham — — — — — — 19.1 — — Merton 29.2 12.4 — 38.3 — — 32.4 13.2 — Newham 23.4 — — 32.3 — — 26.5 — — Redbridge 28.0 — — 20.8 — — 24.5 — — Richmond upon Thames — — — — — — 20.4 — —
Percentage of full time employees whose average gross hourly pay (excluding overtime) in 2003 fell below three stated thresholds Male employees' pay thresholds Female employees' pay thresholds All employees' pay thresholds Area £7.58 £5.68 £4.20 £7.58 £5.68 £4.20 £7.58 £5.68 £4.20 Southwark 6.7 — — 8.7 — — 7.3 3.7 — Sutton — — — — — — 16.7 — — Tower Hamlets 10.5 — — — — — 9.5 3.8 — Waltham Forest 22.8 — — 29.6 — — 25.6 — — Wandsworth 20.2 — — 17.3 — — 19.1 — — City of Westminster 12.8 4.9 — 13.9 5.2 — 13.3 5.0 1.2 Great Britain and London This table provides an estimate of the proportion of (a) male, (b) female and (c) all full-time workers in (i) Greater London and (ii) each London Borough had hourly gross earnings (A) including overtime and (B) excluding overtime of below (1)£7.58,(2)£5.68 and (3)4.20. Notes: 1. The definition of Greater London is the total of all London Boroughs. 2. Information is provided for average gross hourly earnings including and excluding overtime to and relates full time employees on adult rates whose pay for the survey pay period was unaffected by absence. 3. "—" Data have been suppressed due to confidentiality or quality 4. The New Earnings Survey release criteria currently require that any estimate: (a) of a mean is based on a sample size of at least 30 and that the associated standard error does not exceed 5 per cent. (b) of a quantile such as a percentile, quartile or median, or of a percentage, is based on a sample size of at least 10 and that the sample size is either at least 225 or that the relative standard error is less than 20%. 5. Estimates are produced for those people who work in a borough. Source for earnings data: New Earnings Survey, April 2003