§ Annabelle EwingTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of(a) male, (b) female and (c) all full-time workers in (i) Scotland, (ii) each of the unitary local authority areas in Scotland and (iii) Great Britain had hourly gross earnings (A) including and (B) excluding overtime of below (1) £7.58, (2) £5.68 and (3) £4.20. [156219]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Ms Annabelle Ewing, dated 26 February 2004:
531WAs National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question on the proportion of (a) male, (b) female and (c) all full-time workers in (i) Scotland, (ii) each of the unitary local authority areas in Scotland and (iii) Great Britain had hourly gross earnings (A) including and (B) excluding overtime of below (1) £7.58, (2) £5.68 and (3) £4.20. (156219)I attach two tables showing the proportion of male and female workers whose average gross hourly pay in 2003 falls below the stated thresholds in Great Britain, Scotland and in Scottish local authorities. Estimates for pay including and excluding overtime are shown separately.Average earnings are estimated from the 2003 New Earnings Survey (NES) and are provided for full-time employees on adult rates of pay whose pay was unaffected by absence during the pay period. This is the standard definition used for NES tables. The NES does not collect data on the self-employed and people who do unpaid work.The New Earnings Survey publication criteria ensures that all estimates are undisclosive and of reliable quality, and suppresses estimates that do not meet these criteria. A number of estimates have been removed from the table for this reason. The information is based on the 2003 NES, the latest survey for which data are available.
Percentage of full-time employees whose average gross hourly pay (including overtime) 2003 fell below three stated thresholds Male employees' pay thresholds Female employees' pay thresholds All employees' pay thresholds Area £7.58 £5.68 £4.20 £7.58 £5.68 £4.20 £7.58 £5.68 £4.20 Great Britain 26.4 8.5 1.2 36.8 14.7 1.9 30.3 10.9 1.4 Scotland 29.8 10.3 1.2 39.2 15.3 1.5 33.8 12.5 1.3 Local Authorities Aberdeen City 23.8 10.0 — 32.7 11.2 — 27.3 10.4 — Aberdeenshire 35.4 9.8 — 46.8 26.1 — 40.0 16.4 — Angus 38.4 11.6 — 44.2 18.2 — 41.1 14.7 — Argyll and Bute 39.7 — — 41.7 — — 40.5 11.6 — Scottish Borders, The 43.0 15.1 — 57.3 25.6 — 50.0 20.2 — Clackmannanshire — — — 50.0 — — 35.7 17.9 — Dumfries and Galloway 49.2 15.6 — 52.1 26.0 — 50.5 20.2 — Dundee City 26.3 10.3 — 37.4 16.3 — 31.1 12.9 — East Ayrshire 31.0 17.2 — 38.9 18.1 — 34.6 17.6 — East Dunbartonshire 25.0 — — 29.5 — — 27.3 — — East Lothian 36.5 — — — — — 32.0 — — East Renfrewshire 36.1 — — 41.7 — — 38.9 13.9 — Edinburgh, City of 26.3 11.0 1.4 31.7 10.1 — 28.5 10.6 1.2 Falkirk 32.6 13.9 — 38.5 11.9 — 35.2 13.0 — Fife 29.7 8.5 — 46.5 12.5 — 36.7 10.2 — Glasgow City 27.4 9.8 1.1 34.9 12.1 — 30.8 10.8 1.1 Highland 33.6 11.8 — 45.8 18.7 — 38.7 14.7 — Inverclyde 37.8 14.9 — 36.8 22.8 — 37.4 18.3 — Midlothian 30.5 — — 35.9 — — 32.7 14.3 — Moray 44.7 — — 58.6 31.0 — 50.3 16.8 — North Ayrshire 23.7 — — 37.5 18.1 — 29.6 11.8 — North Lanarkshire 33.2 10.2 — 38.6 10.9 — 35.2 10.5 — Orkney Islands — — — — — — 37.5 25.0 — Perth and Kinross 30.8 11.5 — 48.0 25.5 — 38.4 17.7 — Renfrewshire 30.8 10.6 — 39.8 17.1 — 34.3 13.1 — South Ayrshire 23.5 — — 37.5 12.5 — 29.6 8.9 — South Lanarkshire 24.2 8.3 — 44.9 19.0 — 33.2 13.0 2.1 Stirling 29.7 — — 37.3 23.5 — 32.8 16.8 — West Dunbartonshire 29.7 — — 48.4 19.4 — 38.9 15.1 — West Lothian 30.3 9.0 — 46.3 12.6 — 36.7 10.4 — Western Isles — — — — — — 37.5 — — 532W
Percentage of full-time employees whose average gross hourly pay (excluding overtime)in 2003 fell below three stated thresholds Male employees' pay thresholds Female employees' pay thresholds All employees' pay thresholds Area £7.58 £5.68 £4.20 £7.58 £5.68 £4.20 £7.58 £5.68 £4.20 Great Britain 27.9 9.5 1.3 37.4 15.1 1.9 31.5 11.6 1.5 Scotland 31.6 11.6 1.3 39.9 16.0 1.6 35.1 13.5 1.4 Local Authorities Aberdeen City 25.1 11.0 — 32.3 11.2 — 27.9 11.0 — Aberdeenshire 39.0 13.4 — 46.8 27.9 — 42.2 19.3 — Angus 38.4 15.1 — 45.5 19.5 — 41.7 17.2 — Argyll and Bute 42.5 — — 41.7 — — 42.1 14.9 — Scottish Borders, The 45.3 18.6 — 57.3 26.8 — 51.2 22.6 — Clackmannanshire — — — 50.0 38.5 — 35.7 19.6 — Dumfries and Galloway 50.0 18.0 — 52.1 28.1 — 50.9 22.5 — Dundee City 29.4 10.8 — 37.4 15.6 — 32.8 12.9 — East Ayrshire 34.5 19.5 — 40.3 19.4 — 37.1 19.5 — East Dunbartonshire 29.5 — — 29.5 — — 29.5 — — East Lothian 39.7 — — — — — 34.0 11.0 — East Renfrewshire 33.3 — — 41.7 — — 37.5 13.9 — Edinburgh, City of 27.7 11.6 1.7 32.4 10.1 — 29.7 11.0 1.4 Falkirk 33.3 16.7 — 39.4 11.9 — 36.0 14 6 — Fife 32.5 8.5 — 48.0 12.9 — 39.0 10.3 — Glasgow City 28.5 10.5 1.1 35.8 12.8 — 31.8 11.5 1.1 Highland 35.0 12.3 — 47.1 19.4 — 40.0 15.2 — Inverclyde 36.5 20.3 — 38.6 22.8 — 37.4 21.4 — Midlothian 30.5 13.6 — 35.9 — — 32.7 16.3 — Moray 48.2 11.8 — 58.6 32.8 — 52.4 20.3 — North Ayrshire 25.8 — — 42.3 21.1 — 32.7 14.3 — North Lanarkshire 35.2 10.8 — 39.1 10.9 — 36.6 10.8 — Orkney Islands — — — — — — 37.5 25.0 — Perth and Kinross 32.3 14.6 — 49.0 24.5 — 39.7 19.0 — Renfrewshire 32.8 11.1 — 39.0 18.7 — 35.2 14.0 — Shetland Islands — — — — — — 30.3 — — South Ayrshire 23.5 — — 37.5 14.8 — 29.6 9.9 — South Lanarkshire 26.8 9.1 — 44.9 19.5 — 34.7 13.6 — Stirling 36.1 16.7 — 39.2 23.5 — 37.4 19.5 — West Dunbartonshire 29.7 — — 50.0 21.0 — 39.7 15.9 — West Lothian 35.4 9.7 — 46.3 14.7 — 39.7 11.7 — Western Isles — — — — — — 41.0 — —