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General Practitioners: Pay

Asked by Ben Obese-JectyConservativeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 14 May 2025UIN 50955

The question

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.

Answered by 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.

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