Written Question · S2W-06737 · Session 2
How many (a) men and (b) women had an income of (i) up to #5,000, (ii) #5,001 - #7,500, (iii) #7,501 - #10,000, (iv) #10,001 - #15,000, (v)…
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) men and (b) women had an income of (i) up to #5,000, (ii) #5,001
- #7,500, (iii) #7,501
- #10,000, (iv) #10,001
- #15,000, (v) #15,001
- #20,000, (vi) #20,001
- #30,000, (vii) #30,001
- #35,000, (viii) #35,001
- #40,000 and (ix) #40,001 and over, in each of the last six years for which information is available.
The answer
The table presents estimates of the numbers of a) men and b) women with gross income falling in the various income bands, for each of the years 1996-97 to 2001-02. The estimates are derived from the Family Resources Survey’s (FRS) Individual Incomes Analysis. Due to the small sample size of the FRS in Scotland, the higher income bands have been grouped together;the sample sizes are too small to give reliable estimates for the separate groups(vii) and (viii) for men and (vi)-(ix) for women.
The income is gross income and includes all elements of income that are accrued to the individual in their own right. This includes income from earnings,self-employment, occupational pensions, investments, social security benefits, and, in 2001-02, tax credits. Elements of income that are generally accrued by a household rather than an individual are excluded, e.g. housing benefit and council tax benefit, and income from letting/sub-letting.
For the purposes of the table, individuals’ incomes in each year have not been up-rated for inflation, but represent their actual incomes during the year of the survey.
(a) Number of Men in Scotland by Income Band
Income 1
(£ per year)
| Estimated Number of Adults
1996-97
| 1997-98
| 1998-99
| 1999-2000
| 2000-01
| 2001-02
0 to 5,000
| 450,000
| 370,000
| 400,000
| 410,000
| 360,000
| 290,000
5,000.01 to 7,500
| 210,000
| 220,000
| 210,000
| 230,000
| 220,000
| 210,000
7500.01 to 10000
| 200,000
| 200,000
| 210,000
| 170,000
| 200,000
| 190,000
10,000.01 to 15,000
| 370,000
| 390,000
| 330,000
| 330,000
| 320,000
| 360,000
15,000.01 to 20,000
| 250,000
| 270,000
| 270,000
| 250,000
| 250,000
| 280,000
20,000.01 to 30,000
| 280,000
| 280,000
| 270,000
| 280,000
| 340,000
| 320,000
30,000.01 to 40,000
| 80,000
| 90,000
| 100,000
| 110,000
| 90,000
| 120,000
40,000 plus
| 60,000
| 70,000
| 100,000
| 100,000
| 120,000
| 120,000
Note:
1. Excludes any income which is not accrued directly to the individual in their own right, but also excludes student loans, Social Fund loans and benefits in kind.
(b) Number of Women in Scotland by Income Band
Income 1
(£ per
The income is gross income and includes all elements of income that are accrued to the individual in their own right. This includes income from earnings,self-employment, occupational pensions, investments, social security benefits, and, in 2001-02, tax credits. Elements of income that are generally accrued by a household rather than an individual are excluded, e.g. housing benefit and council tax benefit, and income from letting/sub-letting.
For the purposes of the table, individuals’ incomes in each year have not been up-rated for inflation, but represent their actual incomes during the year of the survey.
(a) Number of Men in Scotland by Income Band
Income 1
(£ per year)
| Estimated Number of Adults
1996-97
| 1997-98
| 1998-99
| 1999-2000
| 2000-01
| 2001-02
0 to 5,000
| 450,000
| 370,000
| 400,000
| 410,000
| 360,000
| 290,000
5,000.01 to 7,500
| 210,000
| 220,000
| 210,000
| 230,000
| 220,000
| 210,000
7500.01 to 10000
| 200,000
| 200,000
| 210,000
| 170,000
| 200,000
| 190,000
10,000.01 to 15,000
| 370,000
| 390,000
| 330,000
| 330,000
| 320,000
| 360,000
15,000.01 to 20,000
| 250,000
| 270,000
| 270,000
| 250,000
| 250,000
| 280,000
20,000.01 to 30,000
| 280,000
| 280,000
| 270,000
| 280,000
| 340,000
| 320,000
30,000.01 to 40,000
| 80,000
| 90,000
| 100,000
| 110,000
| 90,000
| 120,000
40,000 plus
| 60,000
| 70,000
| 100,000
| 100,000
| 120,000
| 120,000
Note:
1. Excludes any income which is not accrued directly to the individual in their own right, but also excludes student loans, Social Fund loans and benefits in kind.
(b) Number of Women in Scotland by Income Band
Income 1
(£ per
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S2W-06737 by reference.