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Annual Inquiry into Foreign Direct Investment (AFDI)

1996 - 2005

Frequency: Annual

Aims to collect FDI flows to foreign countries, and from abroad to the UK, for all possible firms. An AFDI panel dataset enables linking to other datasets.

AFDI Guides and Variable Lists (2.41 Mb ZIP)

AFDI Survey Questionnaires (37.7 Kb ZIP)

AFDI winter 2007 (111.8 Kb Pdf)

Annual Population Survey (APS)

Jan04/Dec04 - Apr05/Mar06

Frequency: Quarterly

The Annual Population Survey (APS) is a major new survey series, it provides data that can produce reliable estimates at local authority level. Key topics covered in the survey include education, employment, health and ethnicity.

APS Guides (393.5 Kb ZIP)

Annual Respondents Database (ARD)

1973 - 2005

Frequency: Annual

The Annual Respondents Database (ARD) holds responses to the Annual Business Inquiry (ABI). The ABI is the most comprehensive business survey covering: turnover, costs, employment, industry, and investment. It is a census of large businesses, and a sample of smaller ones.

ARD Guides (494.4 Kb ZIP)

ARD Questionnaires (147 Kb ZIP)

Business Enterprise Research and Development (BERD)

1995 - 2005

Frequency: Annual

The BERD is an annual survey designed to measure Research and Development (R&D) expenditure and employment in the UK. The survey also includes sources of funding and types of R&D.

BERD Survey Questionnaires and Front Pages (112.4 Kb ZIP)

BERD autumn 2007 (180.3 Kb Pdf)

Business Spending on Capital Items (BSCI)

2000 - 2004

Frequency: Annual

This small survey produces estimates of the proportion of acquisitions and disposals by industry. 

BSCI Questionnaires (1.01 Mb ZIP)

Business Structure Database (BSD)

1997 - 2005

Frequency: Annual

The Business Structure Database provides a version of the Inter Departmental Business Register for research use, taking full account of changes in ownership and restructuring of businesses.

BSD spring 2008 (44 Kb Pdf)

Capital Stock

1980 - 2005

Frequency: Annual

Using capital stocks and investment data at industrial sector level from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and capital expenditure from the ARD, this panel dataset, estimates capital stocks using the Perpetual Inventory Method.

Capital Stock Guides (807.4 Kb ZIP)

Capital Stock Other Useful Information (433.6 Kb ZIP)

Capital Stock Useful Papers (1.97 Mb ZIP)

Community Innovation Survey (CIS) /
UK Innovation Survey

CIS2 (1994/96)
CIS3 (1998/2000) CIS4 (2002/04)
CIS5 (2004/06)
CIS6/UK IS (2005/07)

Frequency: 4-yearly

The survey covers product, process and wider innovation including expenditure on different kinds of innovative activity, effects of innovation, sources of information and cooperation, barriers to innovation, protection methods for innovation, and public support for innovation.

CIS Guides (92.8 Kb ZIP)

CIS Papers and Comparisons (available on request)

CIS Questionnaires (1 Mb ZIP)

CIS spring 2007 (72 Kb Pdf)

E-commerce Survey (ECOM)

2000 - 2007

Frequency: Annual

The e-commerce Survey collects information on which technologies UK businesses have, how these technologies have been used and the level of that use.

E-commerce Guides (146 Kb ZIP)

E-commerce Survey Questionaires (481.5 Kb ZIP)

E-commerce Summer 2007 (75.3 Kb Pdf)

International Trade in Services (ITIS)

1996 - 2004

Frequency: Annual and Quarterly

The ITIS inquiry (formally called the Overseas Trade in Services Inquiry) collects data on UK companies’ international transactions in services, including the type and value of service imports/exports.

ITIS Guides (1.87 Mb ZIP)

ITIS Questionnaires (137.5 Kb ZIP)

Labour Force Survey (LFS)

Dec/Feb 2004 - Mar/May 2006

Frequency: Quarterly

The Labour Force Survey (LFS) is a quarterly sample survey of households living at private addresses in Great Britain. 

Monthly Inquiry into Distributive and Service Sectors (MIDSS)

Jan 2001 - December 2004

Frequency: Monthly

The Monthly Inquiry into the Distribution and Services Sector (MIDSS) is designed to meet the Government need for the production of a monthly Index of Services (IoS) and the Index of Distribution (IoD) which is a component of the IoS. 

MIDSS Guides (256.6 Kb ZIP)

MIDSS Questionnaires (144.3 Kb ZIP)

Monthly Production Inquiry (MPI)

Jan 2000 - December 2004

Frequency: Monthly

The MPI is a sample-based survey covering all of the UK. It was principally designed to meet a government need for the production of a Monthly Index of Production (IoP).

MPI Guides (266.9 Kb ZIP)

MPI Questionnaires (29.7 Kb ZIP)

New Earnings Survey (NES)

1986 - 2003

Frequency: Annual

The NES is an employer survey into the hours and earnings of employees. A survey form is sent to employers and completion is compulsory.

NES Guides (30.4 Kb ZIP)

New Earnings Survey Panel (NESPD)

1975 - 2003

Frequency: Annual

Sampling for the NES is done by taking records with a specific final two digits on the employees NI number.

NESPD Guides (283.4 Kb ZIP)

Products of the European Community (PRODCOM)

Jan/Mar 1997 - Oct/Dec 2004

Frequency: Annual (previous surveys were also quarterly)

PRODCOM (Products of the European Community) is a European Union (EU) wide survey of production mainly for the manufacturing sector.

PRODCOM Quality and Methodology Information (140.2 Kb Pdf)

Quarterly Capital Expenditure Survey (QCES or CAPEX)

Jan/Mar 1997 - Oct/Dec 2005

Frequency: Quarterly

CAPEX is a quarterly survey to collect capital expenditure for various industry groups by asset type. It is a compulsory survey with a total sample size of 32 thousand.

CAPEX Questionnaires (74.5 Kb ZIP)

The Workplace Employment Relations Survey (WERS) 2004 aims to provide a nationally representative account of the state of employment relations and working life inside British workplaces. Non-linked WERS data are available from the Economic and Social Data Service (ESDS)

WERS Questionnaires 2004 (11.07 Mb ZIP)

WERS Data Brief (77.5 Kb Pdf)