FOI reference: FOI-2026-3515
You asked
I would like to make a freedom of information request for more detail regarding the entries in the Blue Book under the heading 'Property and entrepreneurial income less payments, dataset identifier code HMBO, ESA Code D4'.
Specifically, I would like the separate data for Property income and entrepreneurial income less payments for 1970 to 2024 or as far back in time as you are able to go if that is not possible.
Also for the same period the Property income and entrepreneurial income with payments.
We said
Thank you for your request.
With respect to your interest in a further breakdown of the series HMBO, the associated download file contains all the sub-component series that feed into the rest of the world "property income" resources (what is received by rest of the world - i.e. series HMBO) and uses (what is paid by rest of the world - series HMBN).
In the National accounts, property income is defined as "incomes that accrue from lending or renting financial or tangible non-produced assets, including land, to other units". This activity is in GNI terms entrepreneurial activity hence the duality of the description in the title. These data are available back to 1948 at the total level and 1987 at sub-component level. Please note that both the totals and sub-component series are all published in table 7.1.2 of the Blue Book.