§ Mr. KempTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the average pay was in the Northern Region(a) in 1996 and (b) at the latest date for which figures are available. [155051]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Fraser Kemp, dated 26 March 2001:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question on average pal in the Northern region (155051).
Government Office regions (GORs) are now used as the standard classification for regional analysis or statistics. The one used for the Northern region is the North East GOR.
The New Earnings Survey (NES), carried out in April of each year, is the most comprehensive source of earnings information in Great Britain. This shows that in the North East Government Office Region the average weekly pay was £315.2 in 1996 and £365.8 in 2000, the latest date for which figures are available. The figures provided are for full-time to employees on adult rates of pay, whose pay for the survey period was not affected by absence.