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UK
General
200 Years of the Census
Here you can find the history of the census, census forms of famous people from the 19th century, and area monitors summarising local statistics from 1801 to 1991 for 38 areas of England and Wales.
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/ census2001/ bicentenary/ bicentenary.html
2001 Census
The first results are now available. Further results will be made available between December 2002 and summer 2003.
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/ census2001/
A Century of Change: Trends in UK statistics Since 1900
Research Paper 99/111 from the House of Commons Library
http://www.parliament.uk/ commons/ lib/ research/ rp99/ rp99-111.pdf
Government Actuary's Department
See 'Demographic data' in menu and click 'Expectations of life' for 'period life expectancies'. The site explains the difference between 'period life expectancies' in the 'Expectations of life' section and 'life expectancy figures' in the separate 'Life tables' section. 'Life tables' are now produced by the Office of National Statistics but current and historic 'Life tables' are still available on the GAD website
http://www.gad.gov.uk/
Histpop - Online Historical Population Reports (OHPR)
Complete British population reports for Britain and Ireland from 1801 to 1937. 200,000 pages of census material (population, economy, society) and registration material (births, deaths, marriages and medical statistics) for the British Isles have been digitised
http://www.histpop.org/
House of Commons Library Research Papers
Many of the Research Papers are on statistical topics, including unemployment, social indicators and economic indicators
http://www.parliament.uk/ parliamentary_publications_and_archives/ research_papers.cfm
National Statistics - 60 Years of Social Survey
Click the link '60 Years of Social Survey 1941 - 2001' to download a compilation giving a picture of the UK, decade by decade, including detailed timelines of significant events
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/ StatBase/ Product.asp?vlnk=8971&Pos=2&ColRank=1&Rank=272
National Statistics - Travel Trends
Click the link to download the latest 'Travel Trends'. Gives detailed analyses on visits overseas residents made to the UK and on visits UK residents made abroad. Also information on the long-term trends in travel to and from the UK
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/ statbase/ Product.asp?vlnk=1391
Office for National Statistics (ONS)
The main source of official UK statistics. You can browse by themes: agriculture, fishing and forestry; commerce, energy and industry; compendia and reference; crime and justice; economy; education and training; health and care; labour market; natural and built environment; population and migration; social and welfare; transport, travel and tourism. Under 'Quick links', see 'Virtual Bookshelf', for online versions of many major publications. See 'Time Data Series' for a comprehensive database of more than 40,000 time series
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/ default.asp
Public Finance
Free information on this IPF (Institute of Public Finance) site includes 'Commentaries', which give overviews and tables of broad statistics. Topics include, among others, education, environment, council tax, housing, leisure, libraries, planning, fire service, police, probation service, trading standards, social services, local government trends, transport and administration of justice.
http://www.ipf.co.uk/ sis
UK Statistics Authority
Oversees the work of the Office for National Statistics (ONS), which is its executive office, and monitors and assesses UK official statistics. Since April 2008, official statistics can only be designated as 'National Statistics' with its approval. For an introduction to the 'UK Statistical System', click 'Find out more about the authority'. For more statistics data see the Office for National Statistics site
http://www.statistics.gov.uk
UK: Business and Economics
Bank of England
For monetary and financial statistics, click 'Statistical interactive database'.
http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/ Links
Consumer Prices Index (CPI)
Concise information and quick links to CPI figures are at the'Prices indexes and inflation' page on Bedfordshire Libraries Virtual Library
http://www.galaxy.bedfordshire.gov.uk/ webingres/ bedfordshire/ vlib/ 0.information_reference/ statistics_prices_ind_and_infl.htm
HM Treasury - Economic Data and Tools
Latest economic indicators, forecasts for the UK economy, and other data.
http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/ Economic_Data_and_Tools/ data_index.cfm
How much is that?
Find out about comparative value covering purchasing power, exchange rates, and other variables between the past and today. Includes, among other topics, the purchasing power of the pound from 1264 - 2002, UK average earnings and prices 1264 - 2002 and the annual real and nominal GDP fpr the UK 1086 - 2000.Part of the Economic History Services site.
http://eh.net/ hmit
Measuring Worth
Calculators enabling you to compare relative values of the pound , purchasing power and inflation rates across years, plus datasets of GDP, interest rates, price of gold and more
http://www.measuringworth.com/
Retail Prices Index (RPI)
Concise information and quick links to RPI figures are at the'Prices indexes and inflation' page on Bedfordshire Libraries Virtual Library
http://www.galaxy.bedfordshire.gov.uk/ webingres/ bedfordshire/ vlib/ 0.information_reference/ statistics_prices_ind_and_infl.htm
Small Business Service
See 'Research and Statistics' section. Includes, for example, statistics on business start-ups and closures.
http://www.sbs.gov.uk/
Standard Industrial Classification of Economic Activities UK SIC (92)
The full classification scheme plus a link to an alphabetical index.
http://www.national-statistics.gov.uk/ methods_quality/ sic/ contents.asp
UKTradeInfo
All UK import and export figures from UK Customs and Excise are now free on this site. HMRC (Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs) data is the most complete, authoritative and up to date information on UK imports and exports available anywhere.
http://www.uktradeinfo.com/
UK: Crime
Crime Statistics for England and Wales
Home Office site enabling you to search crime statistics by region, county and district. This is not the same as the more detailed Home Office publication 'Criminal statistics in England and Wales'. See Gateway entry 'Home Office - Research Development Statistics'
http://www.crimestatistics.org.uk
Home Office - Research Development Statistics
Crime and criminal justice system statistics. For a detailed index to topics click 'Subjects'. Includes the text of publications such as the 'British Crime Survey' and 'Crime in England and Wales'. For the title 'Criminal Statistics England and Wales' click 'Publications', click 'Statistical publications', then, for the latest edition, click 'Published in the last 12 months'.
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/ rds/
UK: Education
DCSF/DIUS Research and Statistics Gateway
Official statistics on children, schools, further and higher education, skills, employment, jobs and careers, training and more from the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCFS) and the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
http://www.dfes.gov.uk/ rsgateway/ index.shtml
Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA)
Statistics on higher education students, qualifiers, destinations of leavers, staff and finance
http://www.hesa.ac.uk/
UCAS Statistical Services
Statistics on applicants and courses
http://www.ucas.com/ about_us/ stat_services/
UK: Employment
Nomis
A database of official labour market statistics.
http://www.nomisweb.co.uk
UK: Energy and Environment
Coal Authority
See Information Resources: Statistics for coal 'production and manpower returns'
http://www.coal.gov.uk/
Defra (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
'E-digest of environmental statistics'
http://www.defra.gov.uk/ environment/ statistics/ index.htm
Renewable Fuels Agency
Implements the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO) which concerns the percentage of biofuels in fuel supplied on UK forecourts. For monthly data see Reports and Publications: RFTO Reports and for the latest data in summary form see Press Releases
http://www.dft.gov.uk/ rfa/ reportsandpublications/ rtforeports.cfm
UK: Equal Opportunities
Equal Opportunities Commission
Research and statistics on equal opportunities and sex discrimination at work, in consumer issues, and in education.
http://www.eoc.org.uk/ EOCeng/ dynpages/ Research.asp
UK: Health
Department of Health
Public health, health care, social care, workforce and expenditure.
http://www.dh.gov.uk/ PublicationsAndStatistics/ Statistics/ fs/ en
Health and Safety Executive
Official health and safety statistics
http://www.hse.gov.uk/ statistics/ index.htm
Smoking
For statistics on smoking, click 'Facts, stats and pics' from the menu. ASH (Action on Smoking and Health) site.
http://www.ash.org.uk/
UK: Housing
Communities and Local Government: Housing Research and Statistics
Official statistics, research and surveys
http://www.communities.gov.uk/ housing/ housingresearch/
Hometrack
Includes prices last paid for individual houses plus housing market news
http://www.hometrack.co.uk/
Land Registry
For house prices click Property Prices, then On-Line Data.
http://www.landreg.gov.uk
Nationwide
House prices.
http://www.nationwide.co.uk/ hpi
Nethouseprices
Free details of property prices. You can type in a postcode, or a street and town, or just a town, and see the prices paid for individual properties. Covers England, Wales and Scotland, under licence from the land registries.
http://www.nethouseprices.com
Proviser
Presents data from the Land Registry in different ways, eg in charts, in comparison with nearby areas etc.
http://www.proviser.com/
UK: Languages
Languages Spoken in the UK Population
This page from CILT, the National Centre for Languages, summarises the main sources of information
http://www.cilt.org.uk/ faqs/ langspoken.htm
UK: Libraries, Museums and Archives
LAMPOST (Libraries, Archives, Museums Publishing Online Statistics Tables)
A summary of key statistics relating to libraries, archives and museums
http://www.lboro.ac.uk/ departments/ dils/ lisu/ lampost.html
UK: Local and Regional
Data for Neighbourhood Renewal
Links to data useful for neighbourhood-level regeneration and renewal, including population, deprivation, employment, education, health, housing, crime, 'liveability', diversity, disability, children and older people. The website is provided by the government department Communities and Local Government (CLG)
http://www.data4nr.net/
East of England Observatory
Under 'By Theme', click 'Statistics (Datasets)' for links to local and regional data, including especially business and labour market information.
http://eastofenglandobservatory.org.uk/
GO-East (Government Office for the East of England)
Click 'The Region' for sections which include statistics. Covers Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk.
http://www.goeast.gov.uk/
National Statistics
Click 'compendia and reference' for links to 'Region in Figures', and 'Regional Trends'.
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/ OnlineProducts/ default.asp
Neighbourhood Statistics Service
Invaluable for local statistics. Local authority and ward level statistics for many variables in the following areas: economic deprivation; education, skills and training; health; work; indices of deprivation; population and vital statistics.
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/ neighbourhood
Up My Street
Enter a postcode or town to find local data such as property prices, unemployment rates, council tax bands, crime rates etc. You can compare your postcode with the national average or another postcode.
http://www.upmystreet.com
UK: Older People
Age Concern
Click 'Facts For You' then 'Statistics' for a simple summary of statistics from a range of official sources. Source references are given.
http://www.ace.org.uk/
UK: Planning
Communities and Local Government: Planning, Building and the Environment
Official research and statistics from this Government department
http://www.communities.gov.uk/ planningandbuilding/ planningbuilding/
UK: Poverty
New Policy Institute
Monitors poverty and social exclusion in the UK. The material is organised around 50 statistical indicators covering all aspects of the subject, from income and work to health and education.
http://www.poverty.org.uk
UK: Transport
Department for Transport
Click 'Route to data' for attitudes to transport, aviation, energy and the environment, freight, international comparisons, local transport plans, maritime, modal comparisons, personal travel, public transport, regional data, roads and traffic, transport accidents and casualties, transport trends, 'Transport Statistics for Great Britain' and vehicles.
http://www.transtat.dft.gov.uk/ index.htm
UK: Travel and Tourism
Star UK
Includes ‘Tourism Facts’ section giving latest inbound and domestic tourism statistics and other useful facts and figures on UK tourism.
http://www.staruk.org.uk/
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