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Printed and bound in Great Britain by Hobbs the Printer Ltd, Totton, Southampton Typeset by Kerrypress Ltd, Luton Contents Contents Whether items are National Statistics, non National Statistics Page Type* Acknowledgements xi Units of measurement xii Introduction xiii 1: Area 1.1 Area of the United Kingdom, 2007 3 NS 2: Parliamentary elections 2.1 Parliamentary elections 6 Non NS 2.2 Parliamentary by-elections 6 Non NS 2.3 Devolved assembly elections (Wales and Scotland) 7 Non NS 2.4 Devolved assembly elections (Northern Ireland) 7 Non NS 3: International development 3.1 Gross public expenditure on aid (GPEX) 12 NS 3.2 Total bilateral gross public expenditure on aid (GPEX): by main recipient countries and regions 12 NS 4: Defence 4.1 UK Defence expenditure 18 NS 4.2 Intake of UK regular forces from civilian life: by service 18 NS 4.3 Formation of the UK armed forces 19 NS 4.4 Outflow of UK regular forces: by service 20 NS 4.5 UK Defence: service manpower strengths 20 NS 4.6 UK Defence: civilian manpower strengths 21 NS 4.7 Family accommodation and defence land holdings 21 NS 4.8 Location of UK service personnel 22 NS 4.9 UK regular forces: deaths 22 NS 4.10 Strength of uniformed UK medical staff 23 NS 4.11 UK Defence services and the civilian community 24 NS 5: Population 5.1 Population summary: by country and sex 29 NS 5.2 Population changes : by country 30 NS 5.3 Age distribution of the resident population: by sex and country 31 NS 5.4 Marital condition (de jure): estimated population: by age and sex 34 NS 5.5 Geographical distribution of the population 35 NS 5.6 Population: by ethnic group and age, 2007 36 NS 5.7 Total international migration estimates: citizenship 36 NS 5.8 Estimates of migration into and out of the UK: by usual occupation and sex 37 NS 5.9 Estimates of migration into and out of the UK: by citizenship and country of last or next residence 38 NS 5.10 Grants of settlement by country of nationality 40 NS 5.11 Applications received for asylum in the UK, excluding dependants, by country of nationality 41 NS iii Contents Page Type* 5.12 Marriages: by previous marital status, sex, age and country 42 NS 5.13 Divorce: by duration of marriage, age of wife and country 44 NS 5.14 Divorce proceedings: by country 46 NS 5.15 Births: by country and sex 48 NS 5.16 Birth occurrence: inside and outside marriage by age of mother 50 NS 5.17 Live births: by age of mother and country 51 NS 5.18 Legal abortions: by age for residents 53 NS 5.19 Deaths: by sex and age 54 NS 5.20 Infant and maternal mortality 58 NS 5.21 Death rates: by sex and age 60 NS 5.22 Interim life tables 61 NS 5.23 Adoptions by date of entry in Adopted Children Register: by sex, age and country 62 NS 6: Education 6.1 Number of schools by type and establishments of further and higher education 69 NS 6.2 Full-time and part-time pupils in school by age and sex 70 NS 6.3 Number of pupils and teachers, and pupil:teacher ratios by school type 71 NS 6.4 Full-time and part-time pupils with special educational needs (SEN) 72 NS 6.5 GCE, GCSE,SCE/NQ and vocational qualifications obtained by pupils and students 73 NS 6.6 Students in further education by country, mode of study, sex and age 74 NS 6.7 Students in further education by country, mode of study, sex and area 75 NS 6.8 Students in higher education by level, mode of study, sex and age 76 NS 6.9 Students in higher education by level, mode of study, sex and subject group 77 NS 6.10 Students obtaining higher education qualifications: by level, sex and subject group 78 NS 6.11 Qualified teachers: by type of school and gender 79 NS 7: Labour market 7.1 Labour Force summary: by sex 87 NS 7.2 Employment status, full-time, part-time and temporary employees 88 NS 7.3 Employment: by sex and age 89 NS 7.4 Distribution of the workforce:by sex 90 NS 7.5 Employee jobs by industry 91 NS 7.6 Weekly hours worked: by sex 95 NS 7.7 International comparisons: Employment and unemployment rates 96 NS 7.8 Civil Service employment by department 97 NS 7.9 Unemployment: number by sex and age group 97 NS 7.10 Unemployment: percentage by sex and age group 98 NS 7.11 Duration of unemployment: by sex 99 NS 7.12 Claimant count: by age and duration 100 NS 7.13 Unemployment rates: by region 101 NS 7.14 Claimant count rates: by region 101 NS 7.15 Claimant count: by region 102 NS 7.16 Economic activity: by sex and age 103 NS 7.17 Economically inactive: by sex and age 104 NS 7.18 Economically inactive: by reason and sex 105 NS 7.19 Labour disputes: by industry 106 NS 7.20 Average earnings and hours of full time employees by industry division by sex 107 NS 7.21 Average earnings and hours of full-time employees: by sex 109 NS 7.22 Average earnings index: all employees: by main industrial sectors 110 NS 7.23 Average earnings index: all employee jobs: by industry 111 NS 7.24 Gross weekly and hourly earnings of full-time employees: by sex 115 NS iv Contents Page Type* 7.25 Median earnings by age group of full-time employees: by sex 116 NS 7.26 Trade Unions 116 Non NS 8: Income and wealth 8.1 Distribution of total income before and after tax 120 NS 8.2 Average incomes of households before and after taxes and benefits 122 NS 8.3 Sources of gross household income 122 NS 8.4 Household expenditure based on FES classification 123 NS 8.5 Percentage of households with certain durable goods 124 NS 9: Health National Health Service 9.1 Ambulance service staff by type: by country 128 NS 9.2 Hospital and primary care services: Scotland 129 NS 9.3 Hospital and general health services: Northern Ireland 130 NS 9.4 Health services: workforce summary, England 131 NS 9.5 Health services: workforce summary, Wales 132 NS Public Health 9.6 Deaths: by cause 133 NS 9.7 Notifications of infectious diseases: by country 136 NS 9.8 Estimated number of cases of work-related disease reported by specialist physicians to THOR 137 NS 9.9 Deaths due to occupationally related lung disease 138 NS 9.10 Injuries to workers: by industry and severity of injury 138 NS 10: Social Protection 10.1 National Insurance Fund 145 NS 10.2 Persons who paid National Insurance contributions in a tax year: by sex 145 NS 10.3 National Insurance contributions 146 NS 10.4 Weekly rates of principal social security benefits 147 NS 10.5 Social Security Acts: number of persons receiving benefit 150 NS 10.6 Jobseeker’s Allowance claimants: by benefit entitlement 151 NS 10.7 Sickness, invalidity and incapacity benefit claimants: by sex, age and duration of spell 152 NS 10.8 Sickness, invalidity and incapacity benefit: days of certified incapacity 152 NS 10.9 Child benefits 153 NS 10.10 Family Credit/Working Families' Tax Credit 153 NS 10.11 In-work Families with Child or Working Tax Credit awards.