27 October 2022
An error has been corrected in the 7 October release of labour productivity estimates of output per job. Self-employed jobs were excluded from the output per job calculations. Output per hour and output per worker estimates are unaffected. This results in changes to our headline measure and industry level estimates of output per job. Quarter on quarter, output per job decreased by 0.3% and not 0.8% as originally reported. Output per job relative to the 2019 average grew by 0.6% and not 0.3% as originally estimated. The output per job dataset has been updated to take onboard the missing data. The error occurred because of a system failure. We have adopted additional system checks to ensure that this does not happen in the future. We apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused.
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13 November 2025
Missing data have been identified in the PRDY time series, which contains data for the whole economy on a quarterly basis. The missing series are:
- LNNM - Productivity jobs: Whole economy SA: Index 2023=100: UK
- LNNN - Output per filled job: Whole economy SA: Index 2023=100: UK
- LNNP - Output per filled job: Whole economy: % change per annum SA: UK
- LNNO - Productivity jobs: Whole economy: % change per annum: SA: UK
- TXET - Ratio of Whole economy jobs to Whole economy workers: SA
The error affects the PRDY time series published on 13 November 2025. No other data are affected, and the missing data are now available. Please contact productivity@ons.gov.uk for more information.
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5 December 2025
An error has been identified in data used in the Productivity flash estimate and overview, UK: July to September 2025 and April to June 2025 and Productivity flash estimate and overview, UK: April to June 2025 and January to March 2025.
The error causes small changes in figures 4, 5, 6 and 7 of the bulletins released in 14 August 2025 and 13 November 2025. For the latest bulletin:
Figure 4 - In 2025Q1 the decrease (-0.1) in RTI hours worked causes an increase (0.1) in RTI output per worker
Figure 5 - In 2025Q1 the decrease (-0.1) in RTI hours worked causes an increase (0.1) in RTI output per hour
Figure 6 - Small (less than 0.01) changes in contributions
Figure 7 - Corrections to hours growth and OPH growths to all sectors.
The error also causes small changes in the datasets Output per hour, Output per hour worked by division, Labour cost labour income and the time series PRDY and UCST released in the 14 August 2025 and 13 November 2025.
This error was caused by a processing error. Please contact productivity@ons.gov.uk for more information. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
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5 December 2025
An error has been identified in data used in the Productivity flash estimate and overview, UK: July to September 2025 and April to June 2025 and Productivity flash estimate and overview, UK: April to June 2025 and January to March 2025.
The error causes small changes in figures 4, 5, 6 and 7 of the bulletins released in 14 August 2025 and 13 November 2025. For the latest bulletin:
Figure 4 - In 2025Q1 the decrease (-0.1) in RTI hours worked causes an increase (0.1) in RTI output per worker
Figure 5 - In 2025Q1 the decrease (-0.1) in RTI hours worked causes an increase (0.1) in RTI output per hour
Figure 6 - Small (less than 0.01) changes in contributions
Figure 7 - Corrections to hours growth and OPH growths to all sectors.
The error also causes small changes in the datasets Output per hour, Output per hour worked by division, Labour cost labour income and the time series PRDY and UCST released in the 14 August 2025 and 13 November 2025.
This error was caused by a processing error. Please contact productivity@ons.gov.uk for more information. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
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