Annual Abstract of Statistics 2003 edition United Kingdom No 139 Editor: Kevin Laverty London: TSO © Crown copyright 2003. A National Statistics publication Published with the permission of the Controller of Her Official statistics bearing the National Statistics logo are Majesty’s Stationery Office (HMSO). produced to high professional standards set out in the National Statistics Code of Practice. They undergo regular ISBN 0 11 621572 0 quality assurance reviews to ensure that they meet ISSN 0072–5730 customer needs. They are produced free from any political interference. Applications for reproduction should be submitted to HMSO under HMSO’s Class Licence: www.clickanduse.hmso.gov.uk Alternatively applications can be made in writing to: HMSO Licensing Division St Clement’s House 2-16 Colegate Norwich NR3 1BQ Contact points For enquiries about this publication, contact the Editor, Kevin Laverty Tel: 020 7533 5739 E-mail: [email protected] To order this publication, call TSO on 0870 600 5522. See also back cover. For general enquiries, contact the National Statistics Customer Enquiry Centre on 0845 601 3034 (minicom: 01633 812399) E-mail: [email protected] Fax: 01633 652747 Letters: Room D115, Government Buildings, Cardiff Road, Newport NP10 8XG You can also find National Statistics on the internet - go to www.statistics.gov.uk ii CONTENTS Table Page Units of measurement xii Acknowledgements xiii Introduction 1 PART ONE Area Explanatory notes 4 1 1.1 Area of the United Kingdom 5 Parliamentary PART TWO elections 2.1 Parliamentary elections 8 2 2.2 Parliamentary by-elections 8 Explanatory Notes 10 International 3.1 UK Gross public expenditure on aid (GPEX) 11 development 3.2 Total bilateral gross public expenditure on aid (GPEX): by main recipient 3 countries and regions 11 Explanatory notes 14 Defence 4.1 Formation of the UK armed forces 16 4.2 UK Defence expenditure 16 4.3 UK Defence: service manpower strengths 17 4 4.4 Intake of UK regular forces from civilian life: by service 17 4.5 Outflow of UK regular forces: by service 18 4.6 Deployment of UK service personnel 18 4.7 Family accommodation and defence land holdings 19 4.8 UK Defence civilian manpower strengths 19 4.9 Strength of uniformed UK medical staff 20 4.10 UK regular forces - deaths 20 4.11 UK Defence services and the civilian community 21 PART THREE Explanatory notes 24 Population and 5.1 Population summary 26 vital statistics 5.2 Population changes 27 5.3 Age distribution of the resident population 28 5 5.4 Marital condition (de jure): estimated population 31 5.5 Geographical distribution of the population 33 5.6 Population by age and ethnic group 34 5.7 Interim revised total international migration estimates: citizenship 34 5.8 Estimates of migration into and out of the United Kingdom 35 5.9 Estimates of migration into and out of the United Kingdom 36 5.10 Acceptances for settlement by nationality 38 5.11 Applications received for asylum, excluding dependants, by nationality 39 Vital statistics 5.12 Marriages 40 5.13 Divorce 42 5.14 Divorce proceedings 44 5.15 Births 46 5.16 Birth occurrence inside and outside marriage by age of mother 48 5.17 Live births by age of mother 49 5.18 Legal abortions 51 iii CONTENTS Table Page 5.19 Deaths: analysis by age and sex 52 5.20 Infant and maternal mortality 56 5.21 Death rates per 1,000 population 58 5.22 Life tables 59 5.23 Adoptions by date of entry in Adopted Children Register: by age and sex 60 5.24 Adoptions by date of entry in Adopted Children Register 61 Explanatory notes 64 6.1 Number of schools or departments by type and establishments of Education further and higher education 66 6.2 Full-time and part-time pupils in school by age and sex 67 6 6.3 Number of pupils and teachers: pupil/teacher ratios by school type 68 6.4 Full-time and part-time pupils with special educational needs 69 6.5 GCE, GCSE and SCE qualifications obtained 70 6.6 Students in further education by country, mode of study, sex and age 71 6.7 Students in further education by country, mode of study, sex and subject group 72 6.8 Students in higher education by level, mode of study, sex and age 73 6.9 Students in higher education by type of course, mode of study, sex and subject group 74 6.10 Students obtaining higher education qualifications by type of course, sex and subject group 75 6.11 Qualified teachers: by type of school and sex 76 Explanatory notes 78 7.1 Summary for UK labour force 82 Labour 7.2 Employment status, full-time/part-time, second jobs, temporary employees 83 market 7.3 Employment 84 7 7.4 Distribution of the workforce 85 7.5 Employee jobs 86 7.6 Weekly hours worked 90 7.7 Civil Service staff 91 7.8 Persons employed in local authorities 92 7.9 Duration of ILO unemployment 93 7.10 ILO Unemployment 94 7.11 Claimant count by age and duration 95 7.12 ILO Unemployment rates 96 7.13 Claimant count rates 96 7.14 Claimant count 97 7.15 Economic activity: by age and sex 98 7.16 Economically inactive: by age and sex 99 7.17 Economically inactive: by reason 100 7.18 Labour disputes 101 7.19 Average earnings and hours of manual employees, by industry division 102 7.20 Average weekly and hourly earnings and hours of full time employees on adult rates: Great Britain 104 7.21 Average earnings index: all employees: main industrial sectors 105 7.22 Average earnings index: all employee jobs by industry 106 7.23 Gross weekly and hourly earnings of full time adult employees: Great Britain 110 7.24 Gross weekly and hourly earnings of full time adults: Northern Ireland 112 7.25 Average earnings by age group of full time employees 114 7.26 Trade unions 115 7.27 Vacancies at jobcentres in the United Kingdom 116 iv CONTENTS Table Page Personal Explanatory notes 118 income, 8.1 Average incomes of households before and after taxes expenditure and benefits 119 and wealth 8.2 Distribution of total incomes before and after tax 120 8 8.3 Sources of gross household income 122 8.4 Availability in households of certain durable goods 122 8.5 Households and their expenditure 123 Explanatory notes 126 Health National Health Service 9.1 Hospital and family health services: England and Wales 127 9 9.2 Hospital and primary care services: Scotland 128 9.3 Hospital and general health services: Northern Ireland 129 9.4 Health and personal social services: workforce summary 130 Public health 9.5 Deaths analysed by cause 132 9.6 Notifications of infectious diseases 136 9.7 Estimated number of cases of work-related disease 137 9.8 Deaths due to occupationally related lung disease 138 9.9 Injuries to workers by industry and severity of injury 138 Explanatory notes 140 10.1 National Insurance Fund 143 Social 10.2 Persons who paid National Insurance contributions in a tax year 143 protection 10.3 Weekly rates of principal social security benefits 144 10 10.4 National Insurance contributions 147 10.5 Social Security Acts: number of persons receiving benefit 148 10.6 Unemployed benefit/jobseekers allowance claimants analysed by benefit entitlement 149 10.7 Sickness benefit, invalidity benefit and incapacity benefit claimants, by age and duration of spell 151 10.8 Sickness, invalidity and incapacity benefit: days of certified incapacity 151 10.9 Widows’ benefit 152 10.10 Child benefits 152 10.11 Contributory and non-contributory retirement pensions 153 10.12 Family Credit/Working Families' Tax Credit 153 10.13 Income support: number of claimants receiving weekly payment 154 10.14 Income support 154 10.15 Income support: average weekly amounts of benefit 155 10.16 War pensions: Estimated number of pensioners 155 10.17 Summary of government expenditure on social services and housing 156 10.18 Government expenditure on education 157 10.19 Government expenditure on the National Health Service 158 10.20 Government expenditure on the welfare services 158 10.21 Government expenditure on social security benefits 159 10.22 Government and other public sector expenditure on housing 160 Explanatory notes 162 Crime and England and Wales justice 11.1 Recorded crime statistics 164 11 11.2 Police forces: strength (data for all countries) 165 11.3 Offenders found guilty: by offence group: Magistrates' Courts and Crown Court 166 v CONTENTS Table Page 11.4 Offenders cautioned: by offence group 167 11.5 Offenders found guilty of offences: by age and sex 168 11.6 Persons cautioned by the police: by age and sex 168 11.7 Sentence or order passed on offenders sentenced for indictable offences: by sex 169 11.8 Offenders sentenced to immediate custody for standard list offences 170 11.9 Population in Prison Service establishments under sentence 170 11.10 Receptions and average population in custody 171 11.11 Prison population serving sentences: analysis by age and offence 172 11.12 Expenditure on prisons 174 Scotland 11.13 Crimes and offences recorded by the police 175 11.14 Persons proceeded against 176 11.15 Persons proceeded against in court 176 11.16 Persons with charge proved: by main penalty 177 11.17 Persons with charge proved: by age and sex 177 11.18 Penal establishments: average daily population and receptions 178 11.19 Expenditure on penal establishments 179 Northern Ireland 11.20 Recorded crime statistics 179 11.21 Persons found guilty at all courts by offence group 179 11.22 Juveniles found guilty at all courts by offence group 180 11.23 Disposals given to those convicted by court 180 11.24 Prisons and Young Offenders Centres 181 Explanatory Notes 184 12.1 Expenditure by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport 185 Lifestyles 12.2 Employment in tourism related industries