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<p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p>
</p><p>A response to the noble Lord’s Parliamentary Question of 11 May is below and
attached.</p><p> </p><p>Dear Lord Field,</p><p> </p><p>As National Statistician and
Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am responding to your Parliamentary
Question asking what is the value of the lowest earnings decile, as a percentage of
average earnings, of (1) male, and (2) female, workers in each year since 2020 (HL141).</p><p>
</p><p>The Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) [1], carried out in April each
year, is the most comprehensive source of earnings information in the United Kingdom.
ASHE is based on a 1% sample of employee jobs taken from HM Revenue and Customs' Pay
As You Earn (PAYE) records. [2]</p><p> </p><p>Table 1 shows the median gross weekly
earnings for all, male, and female employees in the United Kingdom for 2020 and 2021
(the latest period for which ASHE estimates are available). [3] As with any survey,
estimates from ASHE are subject to a margin of uncertainty. [4]</p><p> </p><p>Yours
sincerely,</p><p> </p><p>Professor Sir Ian Diamond</p><p> </p><p>Table 1: Median gross
weekly earnings (£) for all, male, and female employees [5] in the United Kingdom,
April 2020, April 2021</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p>2020</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>10th Percentile</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>50th Percentile
(Median)</p></td><td><p>Proportion (%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All Employees</p></td><td><p>156.8</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>479.1</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>32.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>230.9</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>568.4</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>40.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>123.6</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>400.1</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>30.9</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p>2021</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td
colspan="2"><p>10th Percentile</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>50th Percentile (Median)</p></td><td><p>Proportion
(%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All Employees</p></td><td><p>171.0</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>504.4</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>33.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>251.3</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>594.1</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>42.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>138.4</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>420.1</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>32.9</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>Source: Office for National Statistics, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings</p><p>
</p><p>(1) <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/bulletins/annualsurveyofhoursandearnings/2021"
target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/bulletins/annualsurveyofhoursandearnings/2021</a></p><p>(2)
Consequently, individuals with more than one job may appear in the sample more than
once.</p><p>(3) These estimates can be found at: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/datasets/allemployeesashetable1"
target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/datasets/allemployeesashetable1</a></p><p>(4)
The coefficient of variation (CV) indicates the quality of an estimate; the smaller
the CV, the higher the quality. The true value is likely to lie within +/- twice the
CV. For example, for an estimate of £200 with a CV of 5%, we would expect the true
population average to be within the range £180 to £220. This is given by £200+/-({2*0.05}*200).
The star system below is used in the table to indicate the degree of uncertainty.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Key
</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Coefficient of variation (CV) % </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Statistical
robustness </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>CV</p></td><td><p>Estimates
are considered precise</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>**</p></td><td><p>CV > 5 and</p></td><td><p>Estimates
are considered reasonably precise</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>***</p></td><td><p>CV >
10 and</p></td><td><p>Estimates are considered acceptable</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>x</p></td><td><p>CV
> 20</p></td><td><p>Estimates are considered unreliable for practical purposes</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>(5)
Employee jobs are defined as those held by employees and not the self-employed.</p><p>
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