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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 2.8% (March 2013)

CPI annual inflation stands at 2.8 per cent in March, unchanged from February (Ad-hoc), England. Last updated: 16 April 2013
Retail Sales March 2013 101.8 (March 2013)

a change on 3 months on same period a year earlier of 0.4%. (Monthly), GB. Last updated: 18 April 2013
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 0.4% (March 2013)

The input price index stands at 177.7, a rise of 0.4% in the year to March 2013. (Monthly), UK. Last updated: 16 April 2013
Producer Price Index: Output Price 2.0% (March 2013)

The output price index stands at 130.2, a rise of 2.0% in the year to March 2013. (Monthly), UK. Last updated: 16 April 2013
Services Producer Price Index (Net Sector) 1.2% (Quarter 4 2012)

The net sector aggregate of selected Services Producer Price Indices stands at 117.3, a rise of 1.2% in the year to Quarter 4 2012. (Quarterly), UK. Last updated: 12 February 2013

Labour Market

Employment rate 71.4% (January-March 2013)

down 0.2 percentage points on October-December 2012 (Monthly), UK. Last updated: 15 May 2013
Unemployment rate 7.8% (January-March 2013)

up 0.1 percentage points on October-December 2012 (Monthly), UK. Last updated: 15 May 2013
Workless households 3.68 million (April-June 2012)

down 153,000 on April-June 2011 (Annually), UK. Last updated: 29 August 2012
Children in workless households 1.75 million (April-June 2012)

down 60,000 on April-June 2011 (Annually), UK. Last updated: 29 August 2012
Claimant Count (JSA) 1,520,800 (April 2013)

down 7,300 on March 2013 (Monthly), UK. Last updated: 15 May 2013
Vacancies 503,000 (February-April 2013)

up 11,000 on November 2012-January 2013 (Monthly), UK. Last updated: 15 May 2013
AWE annual growth rate - regular pay 0.8% (January-March 2013)

down 0.2 on December 2012-February 2013 (Monthly), GB. Last updated: 15 May 2013
AWE annual growth rate - total pay 0.4% (January-March 2013)

down 0.6 on December 2012-February 2013 (Monthly), GB. Last updated: 15 May 2013

National Accounts Economic Activity

Gross Domestic Product 0.3% (Q1 2013)

compared to a contraction of 0.3 per cent in Q4 2012 (Quarterly), UK. seasonally adjusted, chained volume measure. Last updated: 25 April 2013
Household final consumption expenditure 0.4% (Q4 2012)

an upwards revision of 0.2 percentage points from the estimate in the second estimate of GDP (Quarterly), UK. seasonally adjusted, chained volume measure. Last updated: 27 March 2013
Trade in goods and services -£3.1bn (March 2013)

compared with -£3.4bn in February 2013. (Monthly), UK. Total Trade Balance, Seasonally Adjusted. Last updated: 10 May 2013
Public Sector Net Borrowing excluding financial interventions £15.1 billion (March 2013)

this is £1.6 billion lower net borrowing than in March 2012 (Monthly), UK. Last updated: 23 April 2013
Public Sector Net Debt excluding financial interventions £1,1858.8 billion (March 2013)

this compares to £1,103.7 billion at the end of March 2012 (Monthly), UK. Last updated: 23 April 2013

Health

Healthy life expectancy at birth - Females (UK) 65.7 years (2008-10)

an increase of 0.7 compared with 2007-09. (Annually), UK. Last updated: 29 August 2012
Healthy life expectancy at birth - Males (UK) 63.5 years (2008-10)

an increase of 0.5 compared with 2007-09. (Annually), UK. Last updated: 29 August 2012
Deaths from cancer (UK) 156,200 (2008-10)

no change compared with 2007-09 (Ad-hoc), UK. Last updated: 06 December 2012
Alcohol related deaths 8,748 (2011)

a decrease of 42 deaths compared with 2010 (Annually), UK. Last updated: 29 January 2013
Infant deaths 3,025 (2011)

a decrease of 52 compared with 2010 (Ad-hoc), England and Wales. Last updated: 27 February 2013

Population and Migration

Total population (UK) 63.2 million (2011 Census Day Estimate)

An increase of 4.1 million since the 2001 Census (Annually), UK. Last updated: 17 December 2012
Number of births (UK) 807,776 (2011)

505 more births than in 2010 (Annually), UK. Last updated: 18 December 2012
Number of deaths (UK) 552,232 (2011)

9,434 less deaths than in 2010 (Annually), UK. Last updated: 18 December 2012
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) 163,000 (year ending June 2012)

an estimated decrease of 84,000 since the year ending June 2011 (Annually), UK. Last updated: 28 February 2013

Crime and Justice

Number of crimes recorded by the police down 8% (January 2012 – December 2012)

Compared with January 2011 – December 2011; down to 3.7 million offences (Quarterly), England and Wales. Last updated: 25 April 2013
Proportion of households victim of a crime (CSEW) 15.0% (Data collected January 2012 – December 2012)

Significant change from 16.0%, January 2011 – December 2011 (Quarterly), England and Wales. Last updated: 25 April 2013
Proportion of adults victim of a crime (CSEW) 5.5% (Data collected January 2012 – December 2012)

Significant change from 6.0%, January 2011 – December 2011 (Quarterly), England and Wales. Last updated: 25 April 2013

Environment

Oil reserves 2.5 billion tonnes (2010)

Decrease 2.5 billion tonnes (1990) (Ad-hoc), England. Last updated: 29 November 2012
Use of coal 32.5 Mtoe (2010)

Halved from 66.2 Mtoe (1990) (Ad-hoc), England. Last updated: 29 November 2012
Energy intensity 0.7 thousand tonnes (2010)

15.7 per cent lower than 1997 (Ad-hoc), England. Last updated: 29 November 2012
Use of renewable energy 7.1 Mtoe (2010)

Increased from 1.3 Mtoe (1990) (Ad-hoc), England. Last updated: 29 November 2012
UK greenhouse gas emissions 664 Mtoe (2010)

Increased by 3.0 percent (2009) (Ad-hoc), England. Last updated: 29 November 2012
Energy consumption 223.9 Mtoe (2010)

Increased by 3 per cent (2009) (Ad-hoc), England. Last updated: 29 November 2012

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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