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Weighted Capitation Formula
Mr. Stephen O'Brien: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what the value of the weighting for (a) deprivation and (b) age is in the weighted capitation formula; [63915]
(2) what the average annual cost to the NHS is of a person (a) over 65 and (b) under 65 years in (i) deprived and (ii) non-deprived areas; [63916]
(3) what the average age of (a) population and (b) patients is for each primary care trust (PCT) area; and what the financial position of each PCT is estimated to be at the end of 2005–06. [63921]
Mr. Byrne: The weighted capitation formula has separate components for hospital and community health services (HCHS), prescribing and primary medical services to reflect the services for which primary care trusts (PCTs) receive funding. Each component has its own age and additional need weightings which are applied simultaneously to the population to produce a weighted population for each PCT, When expressed as an index centred around one for each PCT, the weightings in the HCHS component range from 0.85 to 1.25 for age and 0.71 to 1.52 for additional need.
Estimated expenditure in 2003–04 on HCHS was 2,073 for a person over 65 years and 517 for a person under 65 years. It is not possible to estimate this expenditure in deprived and non-deprived areas.
The mean and median age of the population at the time of the 2001 census and the 2005–06 month six forecast outturn position for each PCT has been placed in the Library. It is not possible to provide the average age for patients.
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TREASURY
Average Earnings
Mr. Michael Foster: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the average earnings of full-time employees based on the annual survey of hours and earnings were for (a) Birmingham, (b) Sandwell, (c) Dudley, (d) Walsall, (e) Wolverhampton, (f) Solihull, (g) Coventry, (h) Worcestershire, (i) Herefordshire, (j) Shropshire, (k) Telford and Wrekin, (l) Staffordshire, (m) Warwickshire and (n) Gloucestershire in each year since 2000. [67401]
John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 3 May 2006:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking what the average earnings of full-time employees in (a) Birmingham, (b) Sandwell, (c) Dudley, (d) Walsall, (e) Wolverhampton, (f) Solihull, (g) Coventry, (h)Worcestershire, (i) Herefordshire, (j) Shropshire, (k) Telford and Wrekin, (1) Staffordshire, (m) Warwickshire and (n)Gloucestershire was in each year since 2000. (67401)
Average earnings are estimated from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE), and are provided for full time employees on adult rates whose pay for the survey period was not affected by absence. This is the standard definition used for ASHE. The ASHE does not collect data on the self employed and people who do unpaid work.
I attach tables showing Average Gross Weekly Earnings by place of work for the years 2000 to 2005 for Full Time Employees on Adult Rates. These statistics are already published on the National Statistics website at: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/StatBase/Product.asp?vlnk=13101.
The ASHE, carried out in April of each year, is the most comprehensive source of earnings information in the United Kingdom. It is a one per cent. sample of all employees who are members of pay-as-you-earn (PAYE) schemes.
(27)Employees on adult rates whose pay for the survey pay-period was not affected by absence.
(28)includes Supplementary survey data
Notes:
Guide to quality:
The Coefficient of Variation (CV) indicates the quality of a figure, the smaller the CV value the higher the quality.
The true value is likely to lie within ± twice the CV e.g. for an average of 200 with a CV of 5 per cent., we would expect the population average to be within the range 180 to 220.
Key
CV}5%
* CV>5% and }10%
The median replaces the mean as the headline statistic. The weighted mean is the sum of the weighted values divided by the sum of the weights. The median is the value below which 50 per cent. of employees fall. It is preferred over the mean for earnings data as it is influenced less.
Source:
Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, Office for National Statistics.
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Birth Statistics
Shona McIsaac: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the birth rate was to those aged (a) 19, (b) 18, (c) 17, (d) 16, (e) 15, (f) 14 and (g) under 14 years in (i) North East Lincolnshire and (ii) North Lincolnshire in each of the past 10 years. [67055]
John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell dated 3 May 2006:
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your question about what the birth rate was to females aged 19, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14 and under 14 in North East Lincolnshire and North Lincolnshire in each of the last 10 years. (67055)
The latest available figures are for 2004. Because there were very few births at younger ages some aggregation and suppression of the requested figures has been necessary in order to protect confidentiality. Rates shown in the table below are three-year rolling averages with ages under 15 being combined into a single age group. Where the rate was based on fewer than five cases it has been suppressed.
(29)Live births in the three-year period per 1,000 female population of the corresponding age for the three years. Rates for under 15 are per 1,000 females aged 14.
(30)Using boundaries as at 1/4/2005 throughout.
(31)Cells containing a dash (—) indicate rates based on fewer than five live births.
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