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Key Figures

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

Prices, Inflation and Productivity

Consumer Prices Index 4.2% (December 2011)

CPI annual inflation stands at 4.2 per cent in December, down from 4.8 per cent in November (Ad-hoc), England. Last updated: 17 January 2012
Retail Prices Index 4.8% (December 2011)

RPI annual inflation stands at 4.8 per cent in December, down from 5.2 per cent in November (Ad-hoc), England. Last updated: 17 January 2012
Retail Sales December 2011 102.1 (December 2011)

a change on 3 months on same period a year earlier of 1.4 per cent (Monthly), GB. Last updated: 20 January 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 8.7% (December 2011)

The input price index stands at 169.5, a rise of 8.7% in the year to December 2011. (Monthly), UK. Last updated: 13 January 2012
Producer Price Index: Output Price 4.8% (December 2011)

The output price index stands at 125.7, a rise of 4.8% in the year to December 2011. (Monthly), UK. Last updated: 13 January 2012

Labour Market

Employment rate 70.3% (September-November 2011)

down 0.1 percentage point on June-August 2011 (Monthly), UK. Last updated: 18 January 2012
Unemployment rate 8.4% (September-November 2011)

up 0.3 percentage points on June-August 2011 (Monthly), UK. Last updated: 18 January 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) 1,597,000 (December 2011)

up 1,200 on November 2011 (Monthly), UK. Last updated: 18 January 2012
Vacancies 463,000 (October-December 2011)

down 2,000 on July-September 2011 (Monthly), UK. Last updated: 18 January 2012
AWE annual growth rate - regular pay 1.9% (September-November 2011)

up 0.1 percentage point on August-October 2011 (Monthly), GB. Last updated: 18 January 2012
AWE annual growth rate - total pay 1.9% (September-November 2011)

down 0.2 percentage points on August-October 2011 (Monthly), GB. Last updated: 18 January 2012

National Accounts Economic Activity

Gross Domestic Product -0.2% (Q4 2011)

a fall of 0.8 percentage points from Q3 2011 (Quarterly), UK. seasonally adjusted, chained volume measure. Last updated: 25 January 2012
Household final consumption expenditure 0.0% (Q3 2011)

an increase of 0.4 percentage points from Q2 2011 (Quarterly), UK. seasonally adjusted, chained volume measure. Last updated: 22 December 2011
Trade in goods and services -£2.6bn (November 2011)

compared with -£1.9bn in October 2011 (Monthly), UK. Total Trade Balance, Seasonally Adjusted. Last updated: 11 January 2012
Public Sector Net Borrowing excluding financial interventions £13.7 billion (December 2011)

this is £2.2 billion lower than in December 2010 (Monthly), UK. Last updated: 24 January 2012
Public Sector Net Debt excluding financial interventions £1003.9 billion (December 2011)

this compares to £883.0 billion at the end of December 2010 (Monthly), UK. Last updated: 24 January 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) 155,500 (2006-08)

an increase of 1000 compared with 2005-07 (Ad-hoc), UK. Last updated: 09 June 2011
Alcohol related deaths 8790 (2010)

an increase of 126 deaths compared with 2009 (Annually), UK. Last updated: 26 January 2012
Infant deaths 3191 (2009)

a decrease of 93 compared with 2008 (Ad-hoc), England and Wales. Last updated: 17 March 2011

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) 245,000 (year ending March 2010)

+ 23,000. Last updated: 24 November 2011

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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