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Public Sector Finances - methodological articles and reports

Links to articles and publications on Public Sector Statistics methodology.

Document Date of release 
Monthly statistics on Public Sector Finances: a methodological guide (360.3 Kb Pdf) Aug 2012
Production of Public Sector Finance statistical bulletin: Responsibilities and Accountabilities Jun 2012

A broader picture of the public sector balance sheet; State Pension and other pension obligations

Apr 2012
Comparison of Public Sector Finance measures from the National Accounts and whole of Government Accounts (60.6 Kb Pdf) Jun 2011
Inclusion of RBS and Lloyds Banking Group in the Public Sector Finances (61.8 Kb Pdf) Jan 2011
Remaining public banks raises public sector net debt (59.7 Kb Pdf) Jan 2011

An update of Public Sector Debt (122.6 Kb Pdf)

Sep 2010
Wider measures of Public Sector Debt (195.7 Kb Pdf) (60.6 Kb Pdf) Jul 2010
Public Sector Statistics Revisions' Policy (14.5 Kb Pdf) Jun 2010
Arrangements for incorporating Bank of England data into the Public Sector Finances - Bank-response-to-ONS (33.8 Kb Pdf) Mar 2010 
Arrangements for incorporating Bank of England data into the Public Sector Finances - ONS-letter-to-Bank (25.5 Kb Pdf) Mar 2010
Public Sector Interventions in the Financial Crisis (2.71 Mb Pdf) Nov 2009

The Public Sector balance sheet (239.6 Kb Pdf)

Jul 2009

Inclusion of Bank of England and Northern Rock in Public Sector Finance Statistics (169.5 Kb Pdf)

Sep 2008
Private Finance Imitative and Public Debt (93.3 Kb Pdf) May 2008

Bank of England in Public Sector Finances Statistics (168.2 Kb Pdf) (169.5 Kb Pdf)

Feb 2008
Letter to HM Treasury regarding IFRS and PFI (109.7 Kb Pdf) Oct 2007
Government Guarantee in relation to Northern Rock plc (124.6 Kb Pdf) Sep 2007
The use of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in fiscal ratio statistics (113 Kb Pdf) Jun 2007
Government and Public Sector debt measures (120.3 Kb Pdf) Sep 2006
Public Sector Finances Excluding Financial Interventions (166.8 Kb Pdf) Mar 2010
Including finance leasing in Public Sector Net Debt, PFI & Other (622.9 Kb Pdf) Jul 2004
General government final consumption: Health (119 Kb Pdf) Sep 2002
General government consumption at constant prices (27.6 Kb Pdf) (23.3 Kb Pdf) Aug 2002
National Accounts: Effects of Spectrum Payments (23.3 Kb Pdf) (120.3 Kb Pdf) Oct 2000
New format for public finance: April 2000 update (33.7 Kb Pdf) Apr 2000
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