GDP monthly estimate, UK: August 2026
Estimates UK gross domestic product for August 2026, reporting monthly growth in the value of goods and services produced and indicating the economy’s size and short‑term momentum for that month.
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Business Register and Employment Survey (BRES): provisional results 2025 and revised results 2024 for Great Britain
Provisional 2025 and revised 2024 Business Register and Employment Survey (BRES) estimates for Great Britain, giving employee and employment counts by industry and detailed local geography for planning and labour analysis.
Secondary school performance data in England: 2025 to 2026 (provisional)
Provisional secondary school performance data for 2025–26 provides school‑level and local authority‑level Key Stage 4 results, showing attainment and progress measures for pupils across England to inform accountability and policy decisions.
Economic activity and social change in the UK, real-time indicators: 15 October 2026
Experimental real‑time indicators for 15 October 2026 using rapid surveys and novel data sources to track UK economic activity and social change, offering early signals ahead of official releases.
Index of Services, UK: August 2026
The Index of Services for August 2026 reports monthly movements in gross value added for service industries, which account for around 79% of UK GDP, providing a monthly indicator of services sector activity.
Deaths registered weekly in England and Wales, provisional: week ending 2 October 2026
Provisional weekly registered death counts for England and Wales for the week ending 2 October 2026, providing latest mortality totals and short-term trends by registration week.
UK Trade: August 2026 Time Series
Publishes time‑series data on the total value of UK exports and imports of goods and services for August 2026, including current prices, chained volume measures and implied deflators to examine trade volumes and price effects.
Suicides in England and Wales: 1981 to 2025
ONS publishes suicides data for England and Wales from 1981 to 2025, analysing deaths by sex, age, area of usual residence and method to inform public health and prevention policy.
Police use of force statistics, April 2025 to March 2026
Annual statistics on police use of force for April 2025–March 2026, detailing incident counts by type of force, reasons, outcomes, injuries and characteristics of individuals such as age and gender.
Deaths registered monthly in England and Wales: September 2026
Monthly registered deaths in September 2026 for England and Wales, broken down by area of usual residence: regions, counties, health authorities, unitary and local authorities, and London boroughs.
UK Trade: August 2026
Reports headline figures for UK exports and imports of goods and services in August 2026, providing values in current prices, chained volume measures and implied deflators to assess monthly trade performance.
ONS surveys and economic statistics improvement plan, quarterly progress update: October 2026
Quarterly progress update (July–September 2026) on ONS’s recovery plans for improving economic statistics and surveys, reporting progress against commitments to restore quality and timeliness of key economic measures.
Public opinions and social trends, Great Britain: September 2026
New Opinions and Lifestyle Survey findings for September 2026 provide social insights on daily life and events across Great Britain, including public attitudes to climate change and the environment.
Public interest test for the previously anticipated acquisition of the Telegraph Media Group Holdings by RB Investco Limited- January 2024 PIIN
Ofcom has supplied a public interest report to the Secretary of State assessing the previously anticipated January 2024 acquisition of Telegraph Media Group Holdings by RB Investco Limited, focusing on media plurality and related public interest issues.
Constituency data: NHS Integrated Care Boards
Interactive tool showing which NHS Integrated Care Boards and sub‑ICBs overlap each UK parliamentary constituency, allowing users to map local ICB footprints against constituency boundaries for service and accountability purposes.
How does the employment rate under Labour compare to the Conservative years?
Pat McFadden’s claim that the current employment rate is higher than in “every year but one” under the Conservatives is incorrect, according to analysis of ONS data by Full Fact which disputes that specific comparative assertion.
Energy smart data legislative framework
Consultation launched on the design and implementation of an energy smart data legislative framework, aiming to establish rules for access, sharing and use of smart energy data to support decarbonisation and consumer services.
Trends in UK industry concentration: 2007 to 2025
New statistics track industry-level concentration from 2007 to 2025, presenting measures of market concentration over time to show how dominance and competition have changed across UK industries and inform competition and industrial policy debates.
Gross Value Added industry weights time series dataset, consistent with Blue Book 2026
Updates annual industry weights used in the output approach to GDP, aligning them with Blue Book 2026 and the Quarterly National Accounts published on 30 September 2026; provides revised Gross Value Added weights for sectoral aggregation.
Statistics on people with a learning disability and autistic people in mental health hospitals, AT: September 2026, MHSDS: August 2026
Monthly statistics on people with a learning disability and autistic people in mental health hospitals, drawing on the Assuring Transformation (AT) and MHSDS collections for September/August 2026 reporting.
Deaths registered weekly in England and Wales, provisional: week ending 25 September 2026
Provisional weekly registered deaths in England and Wales for the week ending 25 September 2026 are published, providing counts and comparisons with recent weeks to monitor mortality trends and excess deaths.
Hate crime, England and Wales, year ending March 2026
Recorded hate crime statistics for England and Wales to year ending March 2026, presenting police-recorded incidents by protected characteristic to show trends and inform policing and community responses.
Reference tables: component approach to labour productivity, UK: 1997 to 2024
Reference tables provide absolute values for the component approach to UK labour productivity from 1997 to 2024, including labour productivity in chained volumes and current prices, jobs, workers, total hours and contributions to average hours per job relative to 2008.
Ofqual fines ABRSM £150,000 over data retention failures
Ofqual has fined the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music £150,000 for serious failings in retaining and managing assessment evidence, citing shortcomings in data retention arrangements.
Average household income, UK: financial year ending 2025
Presents estimates of average UK household income for the financial year ending 2025, analysing changes over time while adjusting for inflation and household composition to show real-income trends and distributional shifts across households.
Publications based on the GRADE dataset
A list of research publications that have used the GRADE dataset — the data-sharing collaboration between Ofqual, UCAS and the Department for Education — is published to show outputs drawing on England’s grading and admissions data.
Patients Registered at a GP Practice, October 2026
Monthly snapshot of patients registered at GP practices for October 2026, published by age (quinary and single year bands), gender and geography down to practice, PCN, ICB, LSOA and region from the GP Payments system.
Statistics at DWP
Announces DWP’s statistical publications covering benefits, pensions, employment programmes, income distribution and related departmental areas, indicating regular releases of administrative and survey-based statistics for policy monitoring.
Wild bird populations in the UK and in England
Annual statistics report trends in wild bird populations across the UK and in England, presenting year‑on‑year changes in species’ populations to inform conservation and policy decisions on habitats and biodiversity.
Economic activity and social change in the UK, real-time indicators: 8 October 2026
Experimental real‑time indicators on UK economic activity and social change, published 8 October 2026, use rapid-response surveys, novel data sources and experimental methods to provide early insights into spending, mobility and labour market signals.