The amount spent in the retail industry increased by 2.7% in September 2015 compared with September 2014 and by 1.4% compared with August 2015.
Public Sector Net Borrowing excluding public sector banks (PSNB ex) was £9.4 billion in September 2015. This borrowing is £1.6 billion lower than in September 2014.
Following the introduction of marriages of same sex couples in March 2014, the number of civil partnerships formed in England and Wales has fallen by 70% from 5,646 in 2013 to 1,683 in 2014.
Crime Survey for England and Wales estimates for year ending June 2015 show 6.5 million incidents of crime in England and Wales. There were 4.3 million offences recorded by the police in the same period.
Visits abroad by UK residents during Quarter 2 (April to June) 2015 increased by 7.7% to 18.0 million compared with Quarter 2 (April to June) 2014.
For June to August 2015, 73.6% of people aged from 16 to 64 were in work, up 0.2 percentage points from March to May 2015 and up 0.6 from a year earlier.