§ Mr. BreedTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the average wage was in rural communities in the last 10 years, broken down by constituency. [60864]
§ Alun MichaelInformation on the average gross weekly earnings of employees in rural wards in 57 constituencies in England is contained in the table below. The sample sizes in the New Earnings Survey do not permit information to be generated for the other 243 constituencies that contain at least one rural ward.
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Average gross weekly earnings of employees in rural wards within the constituency Constituency 1996 2001 Bassetlaw — 331.2 Beverley and Holderness 282.7 331.5 Boston and Skegness 244.0 — Bosworth — 314.3 Brigg and Goole — 327.1 Bury St Edmunds 239.1 316.8 Canterbury 266.4 — Chichester 223.9 307.4 Congleton 262.2 — Copeland 384.5 480.8 Cotswold 272.9 — Crewe and Nantwich — 314.5 Daventry — 353.3 Devizes 237.0 — Falmouth and Camborne 239.1 262.2 Fareham 252.3 370.8 Fylde 315.6 418.1 Isle of Wight — 282.7 Lincoln — 305.3 Louth and Horncastle 245.6 — Mid Norfolk — 280.5 Mid Worcestershire 259.8 — North Dorset — 301.1 North East Bedfordshire 289.3 — North East Cambridgeshire 273.1 301.0 North Norfolk 226.9 289.7 North Shropshire 248.9 — North West Hampshire 274.6 358.9 North West Norfolk 265.9 326.5 Northavon 292.0 333.6 Norwich North — 370.9 Ribble Valley 268.2 — Romsey 246.9 — Ryedale — 304.9 Selby — 338.1 South East Cambridgeshire 293.5 — South Holland and the Deepings — 308.3 South West Norfolk — 272.3 Stratford-on-Avon — 366.2 Stroud 253.1 — Suffolk Coastal 291.0 358.4 Taunton 257.6 269.5 Teignbridge — 283.6 Tewkesbury 329.9 382.7 Tiverton and Honiton 223.2 280.3 Torridge and West Devon 200.3 — Totnes 199.8 — Truro and St Austell 245.4 290.6 Wantage — 432.2 Wealden 249.3 —
Average gross weekly earnings of employees in rural wards within the constituency Constituency 1996 2001 West Derbyshire 249.2 309.0 West Dorset — 288.3 West Lancashire 282.7 — West Suffolk — 283.1 Westmorland and Lonsdale — 292.2 Woodspring 305.6 — Yeovil 298.6 353.0 Notes: — Suppressed due to sample size and resultant imprecision. 1. Information is only readily available for 1996 and 2001. 2. Includes employees whose pay for the survey pay period was unaffected by absence. 3. Includes both full-time and part-time employees, but excludes those in self-employment. 4. Based on 1998 ward and constituency boundaries. Sources: Figures for average gross pay come from the New Earnings Survey, Office for National Statistics. Classification of rural wards made by the Countryside Agency.