asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the Official Report a table listing the number of wage and salary earners in the following groups: up to £1,000, £1,000 to £2,000, £2,000 to £3,000, £3,000 to £4,000 and over £4,000 in Scotland, England, by region and Wales; and what is the percentage of total incomes in each area that falls within each group.
I have been asked to reply.Figures for the fiscal year 1977–78—the latest year for which such information is available—are given in the following table.
| RANGE OF EMPLOYMENT INCOME | ||||||||||||
£1–£999
| £1,000–£1,999
| £2,000–£2,999
| £3,000–£3,999
| £4,000 and over
| All ranges
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Place of residence
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| Percentage of total employment income in range
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| Percentage of total employment income in range
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| Percentage of total employment income in range
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| Numbers
| Total employment income
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| (000) | (per cent.) | (000) | (per cent.) | (000) | (per cent.) | (000) | (per cent.) | (000) | (per cent.) | (000) | (£ million) | |
| England | 3,360 | 3·0 | 4,000 | 9·5 | 4,890 | 19·7 | 4,570 | 25·3 | 4,810 | 42·5 | 21,600 | 62,700 |
| North | 247 | 3·6 | 253 | 9·5 | 338 | 22·0 | 269 | 24·0 | 307 | 40·9 | 1,410 | 3,900 |
| Yorkshire and Humberside | 407 | 3·8 | 488 | 11·8 | 506 | 20·5 | 461 | 25·9 | 444 | 38·0 | 2,300 | 6,180 |
| North West | 472 | 3·1 | 582 | 10·7 | 686 | 20·8 | 614 | 25·9 | 605 | 39·6 | 2,960 | 8,280 |
| East Midlands | 266 | 3·2 | 370 | 11·6 | 424 | 22·4 | 379 | 27·8 | 317 | 35·1 | 1,760 | 4,760 |
| West Midlands | 377 | 3·0 | 449 | 9·4 | 580 | 20·7 | 586 | 28·6 | 511 | 38·4 | 2,500 | 7,070 |
| East Anglia | 114 | 2·8 | 158 | 10·7 | 202 | 22·9 | 163 | 25·1 | 162 | 38·5 | 799 | 2,230 |
| South East | 1,130 | 2·6 | 1,320 | 8·2 | 1,590 | 16·7 | 1,600 | 23·2 | 2,040 | 49·4 | 7,680 | 24,000 |
| South West | 308 | 3·5 | 350 | 11·0 | 438 | 23·1 | 392 | 28·2 | 303 | 34·3 | 1,790 | 4,810 |
| Wales | 174 | 3·2 | 200 | 10·5 | 268 | 23·7 | 224 | 27·5 | 187 | 35·0 | 1,050 | 2,840 |
| Scotland | 324 | 2·9 | 490 | 12·2 | 519 | 21·2 | 428 | 24·5 | 449 | 39·2 | 2,210 | 6,100 |
The income ranges relate to main sources of employment income (i.e., income from second jobs is excluded), and they cover all taxable emoluments net of allowable expenses and superannuation contributions.
The data are derived from the Inland Revenue's survey of personal incomes, and cover almost all individuals who had employment income at any time during 1977–78.
Members of the Armed Forces have been allocated to England but not to any particular region.