HC Deb 20 October 2003 vol 411 c392W
Mr. Swire

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many(a) private sector and (b) public sector jobs there were in the UK in each year since 1997. [132653]

Ruth Kelly

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

Letter from Len Cook to Hugo Swire, dated 20 October 2003:

As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question about jobs in the private and public sectors in the UK since 1997. (132653)

The attached table shows the job levels in the public and private sectors from August 1997 to August 2002 (the latest available data).

disposable income was (a) in general and (b) broken down by social class; and what the level of debt as a percentage of disposable income was in each of the last 10 years. [132453]

Ruth Kelly

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

Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Michael Meacher, dated 20 October 2003:

As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question on the level of debt as a percentage of disposable income in each of the last 10 years. (132453)

The available information is shown in the table below. The data for debt (households' total financial liabilities) and disposable income (households' gross disposable income) used in the calculations are national accounts series for the combined household and non-profit institutions serving households (NPISH) sectors. The accounts for the household and NPISH sectors are currently combined; separate estimates are not available.

Information broken down by social class is not available.

Household debt as a percentage of household disposable income
1993 106.5
1994 107.5
1995 106.6
1996 104.9
1997 104.8
1998 108.5
1999 111.7
2000 113.3
2001 116.8
2002 127.6

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