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Key Figures

Prices, Inflation and Productivity
Labour Market
National Accounts Economic Activity
Health
Population and Migration
Crime and Justice
Environment
Travel and Transport

Prices, Inflation and Productivity

Consumer Prices Index 3.5% (March 2012)

CPI annual inflation stands at 3.5 per cent in March, up from 3.4 per cent in February (Ad-hoc), England. Last updated: 17 April 2012
Retail Prices Index 3.6% (March 2012)

RPI annual inflation stands at 3.6 per cent in March, down from 3.7 per cent in February (Ad-hoc), England. Last updated: 17 April 2012
Retail Sales January 2012 103.1 (January 2012)

a change on 3 months on same period a year earlier of 1.7 per cent (Monthly), GB. Last updated: 17 February 2012
Total Public Service Productivity 96.7 (The key figure relates to 2008)

A fall of 0.9 percentage points from 2007 (Annually), England. This is an index number 1997=100. Last updated: 27 July 2010
Total Health Productivity 97.3 (The key figure relates to 2009)

A rise of 0.7 percentage points from 2008 (Annually), England. This is an index number. 1995=100. Last updated: 29 March 2011
Producer Price Index: Input Price 1.2% (April 2012)

The input price index stands at 174.7, a rise of 1.2% in the year to April 2012. (Monthly), UK. Last updated: 11 May 2012
Producer Price Index: Output Price 3.3% (April 2012)

The output price index stands at 128.6, a rise of 3.3% in the year to April 2012. (Monthly), UK. Last updated: 11 May 2012

Labour Market

Employment rate 70.5% (January-March 2012)

up 0.2 percentage points on October-December 2011 (Monthly), UK. Last updated: 16 May 2012
Unemployment rate 8.2% (January-March 2012)

down 0.2 percentage points on October-December 2011 (Monthly), UK. Last updated: 16 May 2012
Workless households 3.88 million (April-June 2011)

down 38,000 on April-June 2010 (Annually), UK. Last updated: 01 September 2011
Children in workless households 1.8 million (April-June 2011)

down 26,000 on April-June 2010 (Annually), UK. Last updated: 01 September 2011
Claimant Count (JSA) 1,590,300 (April 2012)

down 13,700 on March 2012 (Monthly), UK. Last updated: 16 May 2012
Vacancies 457,000 (February-April 2012)

down 7,000 on November 2011-January 2012 (Monthly), UK. Last updated: 16 May 2012
AWE annual growth rate - regular pay 1.6% (January-March 2012)

unchanged on December 2011-February 2012 (Monthly), GB. Last updated: 16 May 2012
AWE annual growth rate - total pay 0.6% (January-March 2012)

down 0.5 on December 2011-February 2012 (Monthly), GB. Last updated: 16 May 2012

National Accounts Economic Activity

Gross Domestic Product -0.2% (Q1 2012)

an increase of 0.1 percentage points Q3 2011 (Quarterly), UK. seasonally adjusted, chained volume measure. Last updated: 25 April 2012
Household final consumption expenditure 0.4% (Q4 2011)

an increase of 0.7 percentage points from Q3 2011 (Quarterly), UK. seasonally adjusted, chained volume measure. Last updated: 28 March 2012
Trade in goods and services -£2.7bn (March 2012)

compared with -£2.9bn in February 2012. (Monthly), UK. Total Trade Balance, Seasonally Adjusted. Last updated: 15 May 2012
Public Sector Net Borrowing excluding financial interventions £18.2 billion (March 2012)

this is £0.2 billion higher than in March 2011 (Monthly), UK. Last updated: 24 April 2012
Public Sector Net Debt excluding financial interventions £1022.5 billion (March 2012)

this compares to £905.3 billion at the end of March 2011 (Monthly), UK. Last updated: 24 April 2012

Health

Healthy life expectancy at birth - Females (UK) 65.0 years (2007-09)

an increase of 0.7 compared with 2006-08. (Ad-hoc), UK. Last updated: 31 August 2011
Healthy life expectancy at birth - Males (UK) 63.0 years (2007-09)

an increase of 0.5 compared with 2006-08. (Ad-hoc), UK. Last updated: 31 August 2011
Deaths from cancer (UK) 156,200 (2007-09)

an increase of 700 compared with 2006-08 (Ad-hoc), UK. Last updated: 14 March 2012
Alcohol related deaths 8790 (2010)

an increase of 126 deaths compared with 2009 (Annually), UK. Last updated: 26 January 2012
Infant deaths 3,077 (2010)

a decrease of 114 compared with 2009 (Ad-hoc), England and Wales. Last updated: 26 April 2012

Population and Migration

Total population (UK) 62.3 million (mid-2010)

An increase of 470,000 since mid-2009 (Annually), UK. Last updated: 30 June 2011
Number of births (UK) 807,271 (2010)

17,067 more births than in 2009 (Ad-hoc), England. Last updated: 16 January 2012
Number of deaths (UK) 561,666 (2010)

2,049 more deaths than in 2009. Last updated: 06 December 2011
Female life expectancy at birth (UK) 82.1 years (2008-10)

An increase of 0.2 years since 2007-2009 (Ad-hoc), England. Last updated: 29 September 2011
Male life expectancy at birth (UK) 78.1 years (2008-10)

An increase of 0.4 years since 2007-2009 (Ad-hoc), England. Last updated: 29 September 2011
Net migration (UK) 250,000 (year ending June 2011)

an increase of 15,000 since the year ending June 2010 (Ad-hoc), UK. Last updated: 23 February 2012

Crime and Justice

Number of crimes recorded by the police -3% (January – December 2011)

Compared with January-December 2010; down to 4.0 million offences (Quarterly), England and Wales. Last updated: 19 April 2012
Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) crimes no change (data collected January – December 2011)

Compared with January-December 2010; some 9.4 million offences (Quarterly), England and Wales. Last updated: 19 April 2012
Proportion of households victim of a crime (CSEW) 16.0% (data collected January – December 2011)

No significant change from 16.4%, January - December 2010 (Quarterly), England and Wales. Last updated: 19 April 2012
Proportion of adults victim of a crime (CSEW) 6.0% (data collected January – December 2011)

Up from 5.5%, January - December 2010 (Quarterly), England and Wales. Last updated: 19 April 2012

Environment

Acid rain precursors 2.2 million tonnes SO2 equivalent (2009)

a 12.4% decrease compared with 2008 (Annually), England. Last updated: 29 June 2011
Energy intensity 61.8 (1990=100) (2009)

a 3.8% decrease compared with 2008 (Annually), England. Last updated: 30 November 2011
Environmental taxes £42.2 billion (2010)

a 6.8% increase compared with 2009 (Annually), England. Last updated: 30 November 2011
UK greenhouse gas emissions 636 million tonnes CO2 equivalent (2009)

an 8.4% decrease compared with 2008 (Annually), England. Last updated: 29 June 2011
Material productivity 204.8 (1990=100) (2009)

a 7.2% increase compared with 2008 (Annually), England. Last updated: 30 November 2011
Value of UK oil and gas reserves £182.4 billion (2009)

a 1.9% decrease compared with 2008 (Annually), England. Last updated: 29 June 2011

Travel and Transport

Freight into and out of the UK 2,005 (thousand tonnes) (2009)

A fall of 232 thousand tonnes from 2008 (Ad-hoc), England. Last updated: 24 February 2011

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