To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the Answer to my hon. Friend the Member for South Cambridgeshire (Mr. Langley) of 21 January 2008, Official Report, columns 1567-69W, on Pay: Public Sector, when he expects data for 2007 to be available. (185259)

Information on the average earnings index is publicly available from the Office of National Statistics at www.statistics.gov.uk. The average earnings index is found within the monthly release of the Labour Market Statistics. The most recent edition (January) of the Labour Market Statistics can be found at:

http://www.statistics.gov.uk/pdfdir/lmsuk0108.pdf