To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the average earnings were of those on low incomes in employment in the last period for which figures are available, broken down by decile. (188559)

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.

Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 26 February 2008:

As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking what the average earnings were of those on low incomes in employment in the last period for which figures are available, broken down by decile. (188559)

Levels of earnings for Standard Occupation Classification, including medians, deciles and quartiles, are estimated from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE), and are provided for employees on adult rates of pay, whose pay for the survey period was not affected by absence. The ASHE, carried out in April each year, is the most comprehensive source of earnings information in the United Kingdom.

ASHE results for 2007 can be obtained on the National Statistics website at:

http://www.statistics.gov.uk/ashe

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the average earnings of those in employment in each of the two poorest deciles were in each of the last five years. (188560)

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.

Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 26 February 2008:

As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking what average earnings of those in employment in each of the two poorest deciles were in for each of the last five years. (188560)

Levels of earnings, including deciles, are estimated from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE), and are provided for employees on adult rates of pay, whose pay for the survey period was not affected by absence. The ASHE, carried out in April each year, is the most comprehensive source of earnings information in the United Kingdom. ASHE results can be obtained on the National Statistics website at:

http://www.statistics.gov.uk/ashe