§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people earned over £100,000 in the United Kingdom in the last year for which figures are available. [26051]
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§ Mrs. LiddellThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the Chief Executive of the Office for National Statistics. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Tim Holt to Mr. Tom Cox, dated 2 February 1998:
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has asked me to reply, as the Director of the Office for National Statistics, to your recent question on the number of people earning over £100,000 in the United Kingdom.The information has been derived from the New Earnings Survey for April 1997.The estimated percentage of employees on adult rates, whose gross earnings are more than £100,000 per year (which equates to £1919.40 per week) in Great Britain and whose pay for the survey pay-period was unaffected by absence, is 0.2%.