Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 50955

General Practitioners: Pay

Tabled: 8 May 2025
Answered: 14 May 2025

Question

Ben Obese-Jecty

Conservative — Huntingdon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 28 April 2025 to Question 46097 on General Practitioners: Pay, when the New Earnings Survey was replaced by the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
The Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) replaced the New Earnings Survey (NES) in 2004. A number of methodological improvements were introduced in the ASHE to address weaknesses of the NES’ design.