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Annual Abstract of Statistics 2007 edition No 143 Editor: Dave Sharp Office for National Statistics © Crown copyright 2007 A National Statistics publication National Statistics are produced to high professional standards set out Published with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty’s in the National Statistics Code of Practice. They are produced free from Stationery Office (HMSO) political influence. You may re-use this publication (excluding logos) free of charge in any About the Office for National Statistics format for research, private study or internal circulation within an The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is the government agency organisation. You must re-use it accurately and not use it in a responsible for compiling, analysing and disseminating economic, misleading context. The material must be acknowledged as Crown social and demographic statistics about the United Kingdom. It also copyright and you must give the title of the source publication. 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Contents Page Acknowledgements xi Units of measurement xii Introduction xiii 1: Area Explanatory notes 2 1.1 Area of the United Kingdom, 2005 3 2: Parliamentary elections 2.1 Parliamentary elections 6 2.2 Parliamentary by-elections 6 2.3 Devolved assembly elections (Wales and Scotland) 7 2.4 Devolved assembly elections (Northern Ireland) 7 3: International development Explanatory Notes 10 3.1 Gross public expenditure on aid (GPEX) 12 3.2 Total bilateral gross public expenditure on aid (GPEX): by main recipient countries and regions 12 4: Defence Explanatory notes 14 4.1 United Kingdom Defence expenditure 18 4.2 Intake of United Kingdom regular forces from civilian life: by service 18 4.3 Formation of the United Kingdom armed forces 19 4.4 Outflow of United Kingdom regular forces: by service 20 4.5 United Kingdom Defence: service manpower strengths 20 4.6 United Kingdom Defence: civilian manpower strengths 21 4.7 Family accommodation and defence land holdings 21 4.8 Location of United Kingdom service personnel 22 4.9 United Kingdom regular forces: deaths 22 4.10 Strength of uniformed United Kingdom medical staff 23 4.11 United Kingdom Defence services and the civilian community 23 5: Population and vital statistics Explanatory notes 26 5.1 Population summary: by country and sex 29 5.2 Population changes: by country 30 5.3 Age distribution of the resident population: by sex and country 31 5.4 Marital condition (de jure): estimated population: by age and sex 34 5.5 Geographical distribution of the population 35 5.6 Population: by ethnic group and age, January-December 2005 36 5.7 Total international migration estimates: citizenship 36 5.8 Estimates of migration into and out of the United Kingdom by usual occupation and sex 37 5.9 Estimates of migration into and out of the United Kingdom by citizenship and country of last or next residence 38 5.10 Acceptances for settlement: by nationality 40 5.11 Applications received for asylum in the United Kingdom, excluding dependants: by nationality 41 5.12 Marriages: by previous marital status, sex, age and country 42 5.13 Divorce: by duration of marriage, age of wife and country 44 5.14 Divorce proceedings: by country 46 5.15 Births: by country and sex 48 5.16 Birth occurrence inside and outside marriage: by age of mother 50 5.17 Live births: by age of mother and country 51 5.18 Legal abortions: by age for residents 53 5.19 Deaths: by sex and age 54 5.20 Infant and maternal mortality 58 iii Contents ` Page 5.21 Death rates: by sex and age 60 5.22 Interim life tables, 2003–05 61 5.23 Adoptions by date of entry in Adopted Children Register: by sex, age and country 62 6: Education Explanatory notes 66 6.1 Number of schools by type and establishments of further and higher education 69 6.2 Full-time and part-time pupils in school: by age and gender 70 6.3 Number of pupils and teachers, and pupil:teacher ratios: by school type 71 6.4 Full-time and part-time pupils with special educational needs (SEN), 2005/06 72 6.5 GCE, GCSE and SCE/NQ and vocational qualifications obtained by pupils and students 73 6.6 Students in further education: by country, mode of study, sex and age, during 2004/05 74 6.7 Students in further education: by country, mode of study, sex and area of learning, 2004/05 75 6.8 Students in higher education: by level, mode of study, sex and age, 2004/05 76 6.9 Students in higher education: by level, mode of study, sex and subject group, 2004/05 77 6.10 Students obtaining higher education qualifications: by level, sex and subject group, 2004/05 78 6.11 Qualified teachers: by type of school and sex 79 7: Labour market Explanatory notes 82 7.1 Labour force summary: by sex 87 7.2 Employment status: full-time, part-time and temporary employees 88 7.3 Employment: by sex and age 89 7.4 Distribution of the workforce: by sex 90 7.5 Employee jobs: by industry 91 7.6 Weekly hours worked: by sex 95 7.7 Civil Service staff: by ministerial responsibility 96 7.8 Civil service employment by department 97 7.9 Unemployment: number by sex and age group 97 7.10 Unemployment: percentage by sex and age group 98 7.11 Duration of unemployment: by sex 99 7.12 Claimant count: by age and duration 100 7.13 Unemployment rates: by region 101 7.14 Claimant count rates: by region 101 7.15 Claimant count: by region 102 7.16 Economic activity: by sex and age 103 7.17 Economically inactive: by sex and age 104 7.18 Economically inactive: by reason and sex 105 7.19 Labour disputes: by industry 106 7.20 Average earnings and hours of full-time employees: by industry division: by sex 107 7.21 Average earnings and hours of full-time employees: by sex 109 7.22 Average earnings index: all employees by main industrial sectors 110 7.23 Average earnings index: all employee jobs: by industry 111 7.24 Gross weekly and hourly earnings of full-time employees: by sex 115 7.25 Average earnings: by age group of full-time employees: by sex, 2006 116 7.26 Trade unions 116 8: Personal income, expenditure and wealth Explanatory notes 118 8.1 Distribution of total income before and after tax 120 8.2 Average incomes of households before and after taxes and benefits, 2004/05 122 8.3 Sources of gross household income 122 8.4 Household expenditure based on FES classification 123 8.5 Percentage of households with certain durable goods 123 9: Health Explanatory notes 126 National Health Service 9.1 Hospital and family health services: England and Wales 128 9.2 Hospital and primary care services: Scotland 129 9.3 Hospital and general health services: Northern Ireland 130 iv Contents ` Page 9.4 Health services: workforce summary 131 9.5 Health and personal social services: workforce summary 132 Public health 9.6 Deaths: by cause 134 9.7 Notifications of infectious diseases: by country 136 9.8 Estimated number of cases of work-related disease reported by specialist physicians to THOR 137 9.9 Deaths due to occupationally related lung disease 138 9.10 Injuries to workers: by industry and severity of injury 138 10: Social protection Explanatory notes 140 10.1 National Insurance Fund 145 10.2 Persons who paid National Insurance contributions in a tax year: by sex 145 10.3 National Insurance contributions 146 10.4 Weekly rates of principal social security benefits 147 10.5 Social Security Acts: number of persons receiving benefit 150 10.6 Jobseeker’s Allowance claimants: by benefit entitlement 151 10.7 Sickness benefit, Invalidity Benefit and Incapacity Benefit claimants: by sex, age and duration of spell 152 10.8 Sickness, Invalidity and Incapacity Benefit: