HC Deb 26 March 2001 vol 365 c468W
Mr. Cousins

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the average weekly earnings for full-time(a) male and (b) female employees in each region and nation of the UK; and if he will index all such earnings to a base in which 100 represents the average weekly earnings in each category. [154815]

Miss Melanie Johnson

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

Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Jim Cousins, dated 22 March 2001:

As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question on the average weekly earnings for males and females in each region and nation of the United Kingdom (154815).

The New Earnings Survey (NES), carried out in April of each year, is the most comprehensive source of earnings information in Great Britain. The tables show the weekly earnings for the United Kingdom and each region and nation within it. It also shows an index based on the United Kingdom as 100 for each category. The figures provided are for full-time employees on adult rates of pay, whose pay for the survey period was not affected by absence.

Average gross weekly pay (£) New Earnings Survey, United Kingdom, April 2000
Male Female
(£) Index (£) Index
United Kingdom 451.6 100 336.7 100
England 459.2 102 341.5 101
Wales 400.5 89 313.7 93
Scotland 423.0 94 316.1 94
Northern Ireland 393.3 87 307.3 91
North East 398.9 88 306.0 91
North West 428.6 95 312.8 93
Yorkshire and the Humber 409.9 91 308.8 92
East Midlands 407.0 90 301.1 89
West Midlands 425.3 94 311.2 92
South West 418.2 93 309.8 92
East 455.5 101 333.8 99
London 593.0 131 434.3 129
South East 482.1 107 353.1 105