You asked

I would like to know how many people earn more than £50,000 per year in the UK and also how many people earn that amount in London.

I would also like to know the age ranges of who earns that figure for both the UK and in London.

We said

Thank you for your request. The best source for this information is our Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE), which is based on a 1% sample of jobs taken from HM Revenue and Customs' Pay As You Earn (PAYE) records and is the most comprehensive source of earnings information in the United Kingdom. ASHE data are published on our website at the following link:

https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/bulletins/annualsurveyofhoursandearnings/previousReleases

The specific information you have requested is not available directly from our published tables but we can run an ad hoc tabulation for you for a fee. As ASHE information is already available to you via this route we consider that s.21(1) applies and the information does not have to be supplied under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act. s.21(1) is an absolute exemption and no consideration of the public interest test needs to be applied.

The ASHE charge rates are published at the following link (under the heading 'Related downloads' on the right-hand side of the page):

https://www.ons.gov.uk/aboutus/whatwedo/statistics/publicationscheme

If you decide that you would like to use this service please send an email specifying your request to earnings@ons.gov.uk