§ Mr. FallonTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the number of individuals in receipt of weekly earnings between(a) £107 and £109, (b) £136 and £154, (c) £188 and £209 and (d) £444 and above. [32490]
§ 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. Michael Fallon, dated 3 March 1998:
As Director of the Office for National Statistics (ONS), I have been asked to reply to your parliamentary question on weekly earnings.The latest information, from the New Earnings Survey 1997, is contained in the table below:
Employees on adults rates, whose pay for the survey pay-period was unaffected by absence, new earnings survey-April 1997 Percentage of employees with gross earnings (including overtime) in the range £ Full-time Part-time All 107–109 0.1 1.1 0.3 136–154 2.7 6.2 3.5 188–209 6.1 3.2 5.4 444 and above 24.1 1.2 18.9