HC Deb 14 January 2002 vol 378 c81W
Mr. Bercow

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the average weekly earnings were of the(a) lowest and (b) highest decile of all employees in each of the last five years. [26268]

Ruth Kelly

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

Letter from John Kidgell to Mr. John Bercow, dated 14 January 2001: The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question about the average weekly earnings of the lowest and highest decile. I am replying in his absence. (26268) The requested information is in the attached table.

Gross weekly earnings of full-time employees on adult rates1 Great Britain: not seasonally adjusted
£
Lowest decile Highest decile
April 1996 166.9 571.8
April 1997 175.3 590.1
April 1998 182.3 618.5
April 1999 190.0 645.0
April 2000 197.9 662.2
1 Whose pay for the survey pay-period was not affected by absence

Source:

New Earnings Survey

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