Written Question · S2W-09812 · Session 2
What the average weekly income was in each area served by (a) Argyll and the Isles Enterprise, (b) Caithness and Sutherland Enterprise, (c)…
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average weekly income was in each area served by (a) Argyll and the Isles Enterprise, (b) Caithness and Sutherland Enterprise, (c) Inverness and Nairn Enterprise, (d) Lochaber Enterprise, (e) Moray Badenoch and Strathspey Enterprise, (f) Orkney Enterprise, (g) Ross and Cromarty Enterprise, (h) Shetland Enterprise, (i) Skye and Lochalsh Enterprise, (j) Western Isles Enterprise and (k) Highlands and Islands Enterprise network in each year from 1993 to 2003, expressed also as a percentage of the UK average weekly income.
The answer
Average weekly income figures are not available at the level of Enterprise area.
Some information on Gross Average Weekly Earnings is available by Enterprise area. The following table show Gross Average Weekly Earning for full-time employees on adult rates for 1999-2003 for four of the Highland and Islands Enterprise areas, for Scotland as a whole and for the UK. Estimates for the other Highland and Island Enterprise areas are not available due to small sample sizes. The information is from the New Earnings Survey. Data is not available prior to 1999 on this basis.
| 1999
|
| 2000
|
| 2001
|
| 2002
|
| 2003
|
(£)
| % of UK average
| (£)
| % of UK average
| (£)
| % of UK average
| (£)
| % of
UK average
| (£)
| % of UK average
Argyll, Bute, Arran and Cumbrae
| 320.16
| 80
| 332.06
| 79
| ..
| ..
| 342.29
| 74
| ..
| ..
Moray, Badenock and Strathspey
| 324.19
| 81
| ..
| ..
| 322.17
| 73
| 342.51
| 74
| 369.93
| 78
Inverness and Nairn
| 356.58
| 89
| 374.20
| 90
| 396.88
| 90
| ..
| ..
| ..
| ..
Lochaber
| 339.30
| 85
| ..
| ..
| ..
| ..
| ..
| ..
| ..
| ..
Scotland
| 370.17
| 93
| 383.04
| 92
| 404.81
| 92
| 427.08
| 92
| 436.76
| 92
United Kingdom
| 400.09
| 100
| 418.08
| 100
| 442.25
|
Some information on Gross Average Weekly Earnings is available by Enterprise area. The following table show Gross Average Weekly Earning for full-time employees on adult rates for 1999-2003 for four of the Highland and Islands Enterprise areas, for Scotland as a whole and for the UK. Estimates for the other Highland and Island Enterprise areas are not available due to small sample sizes. The information is from the New Earnings Survey. Data is not available prior to 1999 on this basis.
| 1999
|
| 2000
|
| 2001
|
| 2002
|
| 2003
|
(£)
| % of UK average
| (£)
| % of UK average
| (£)
| % of UK average
| (£)
| % of
UK average
| (£)
| % of UK average
Argyll, Bute, Arran and Cumbrae
| 320.16
| 80
| 332.06
| 79
| ..
| ..
| 342.29
| 74
| ..
| ..
Moray, Badenock and Strathspey
| 324.19
| 81
| ..
| ..
| 322.17
| 73
| 342.51
| 74
| 369.93
| 78
Inverness and Nairn
| 356.58
| 89
| 374.20
| 90
| 396.88
| 90
| ..
| ..
| ..
| ..
Lochaber
| 339.30
| 85
| ..
| ..
| ..
| ..
| ..
| ..
| ..
| ..
Scotland
| 370.17
| 93
| 383.04
| 92
| 404.81
| 92
| 427.08
| 92
| 436.76
| 92
United Kingdom
| 400.09
| 100
| 418.08
| 100
| 442.25
|
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S2W-09812 by reference.