Statistics on average weekly earnings growth are published by the independent Office for National Statistics.<\/p>
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In August 2010, real (total) pay fell by 0.5%. In August 2019 the real (total) pay growth was 1.9% - an increase in the rate of real wage growth of 2.4 percentage points.<\/p>
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The highest real (total) pay growth, between Aug 10 \u2013 Aug 19, was in Aug 15 (2.6%).<\/p>
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Under the Triple Lock the basic State Pension and the full rate of the new State Pension will be raised the highest of: the rise in prices, the rise in earnings or 2.5%. The relevant measure for earnings is the year-on-year change in Average Weekly Earnings (AWE) from May to July published by the ONS in October, standing at 3.9%<\/p>
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<\/strong><\/p> <\/strong><\/p> <\/p> Date<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Growth in nominal average weekly total pay<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> August 2010<\/p><\/td> 1.8 %<\/p><\/td><\/tr> August 2011<\/p><\/td> 2.6%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> August 2012<\/p><\/td> 1.6%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> August 2013<\/p><\/td> 0.7%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> August 2014<\/p><\/td> 0.6%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> August 2015<\/p><\/td> 3.0%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> August 2016<\/p><\/td> 2.4%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> August 2017<\/p><\/td> 2.3%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> August 2018<\/p><\/td> 2.8%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> August 2019<\/p><\/td> 3.8%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> I refer the Hon Member to the answer given to PQ 4936 in which I give details, published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), of the number of people whose usual weekly hours are less than six hours, and between 6 and 15 hours. Details are not available for the number of people working less than 16 hours who wanted to work more in each of the last 10 years.<\/p> <\/p> ONS does publish some related data: 1) the number of people in employment who want to work more hours, are available for work and are currently working below the hours threshold (40 hours a week for those under 18, 48 hours a week for those aged 18 or over), and 2) people working part-time who gave the reason as \u201ccould not find full-time job\u201d as reason for working part-time. The tables below give extracts from the ONS published data, however, both these data series will include both those working less than, and more than, 16 hours a week.<\/p> <\/p> Table 1: The number of people in employment who want to work more hours, are available for work and are currently working below the hours threshold<\/strong><\/p> <\/p> Date<\/p><\/td> Level<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Apr-Jun 2010<\/p><\/td> 2,754<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Apr-Jun 2011<\/p><\/td> 2,841<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Apr-Jun 2012<\/p><\/td> 3,061<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Apr-Jun 2013<\/p><\/td> 3,090<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Apr-Jun 2014<\/p><\/td> 2,977<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Apr-Jun 2015<\/p><\/td> 2,786<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Apr-Jun 2016<\/p><\/td> 2,601<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Apr-Jun 2017<\/p><\/td> 2,460<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Apr-Jun 2018<\/p><\/td> 2,390<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Apr-Jun 2019<\/p><\/td> 2,479<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> Source: Table EMP16, ONS, Labour Force Survey<\/p> <\/p> Table 2: Part-time workers who gave the reason as \u201ccould not find full-time job\u201d as reason for working part-time<\/strong><\/p> Date<\/p><\/td> Level<\/p><\/td> % of all Part Time Employed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Apr-Jun 2010<\/p><\/td> 1,084<\/p><\/td> 14.0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Apr-Jun 2011<\/p><\/td> 1,275<\/p><\/td> 16.2<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Apr-Jun 2012<\/p><\/td> 1,438<\/p><\/td> 17.9<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Apr-Jun 2013<\/p><\/td> 1,467<\/p><\/td> 18.3<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Apr-Jun 2014<\/p><\/td> 1,347<\/p><\/td> 16.5<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Apr-Jun 2015<\/p><\/td> 1,285<\/p><\/td> 15.7<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Apr-Jun 2016<\/p><\/td> 1,149<\/p><\/td> 13.6<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Apr-Jun 2017<\/p><\/td> 1,019<\/p><\/td> 12.1<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Apr-Jun 2018<\/p><\/td> 968<\/p><\/td> 11.5<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Apr-Jun 2019<\/p><\/td> 907<\/p><\/td> 10.6<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> Source: Table EMP01NSA, ONS, Labour Force Survey<\/p> <\/p> At UK level people in full-time work have made up over three quarters of the overall increase in employment since 2010.<\/p>"}
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