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Monthly Digest of Statistics | (incorporating the Annual Supplement) The Monthly Digest of Statistics provides basic information on 20 subjects including population, employment and prices, social services, production and output, energy, engineering, construction, transport, catering, national and overseas finance and the weather. The Monthly Digest of Statistics contains mostly runs of monthly and quarterly estimates for at least two years and annual figures for several more. Other CSO monthlies are Financial Statistics and Economic Trends. The Monthly Digest Annual Supplement published in this edition gives definitions and explanatory notes for each section. An index of sources is included. Monthly Digest of Statistics (incorporating the Annual Supplement) No 565 January 1993 Editor: PHIL LEWIN Proposals for reproduction of tables or contents should be addressed to Copyright Section, CSO Press and Publications Branch, Room D.115, Government Buildings, Cardiff Road, Newport, Gwent NP9 1XG. ISBN 0 11 620584 9 ISSN 0308-6666 Introduction This Digest has been prepared by the Central Statistical Office in MO, the narrowest measure consists of notes and coin in collaboration with the Statistics Divisions of Government Depart- circulation outside the Bank of England and bankers’ opera- ments. tional deposits at the Bank. M2 comprises notes and coin in circulation with the public plus The name of the department or organisation providing the statistics sterling retail deposits held by the UK private sector with UK is shown under each table. Some of the statistics provided by banks and building societies. departments are actually collected by other organisations such as M4 comprises notes and coin in circulation with the public, nationalised boards and trade associations. The assistance pro- together with all sterling deposits (including certificates of vided by these organisations, too numerous to mention individu- deposit) held with UK banks and building societies by the rest ally, is gratefully acknowledged. of the private sector. The figures in the Digest are mainly totals for calendar months or The Bank of England also publish data for liquid assets outside monthly averages. M4. Provisional data Symbols and conventions used Some figures in Monthly Digest are provisional and may be subject Symbols. The following symbols are used throughout: to revision in later issues. This applies particularly to data for the .. not available most recent time periods. - nil or less than half the final digit shown * average (or total) of five weeks Definitions + indicates that the data has been revised since the last edition: The 1993 Supplement of Definitions and Explanatory Notes is the period marked is the earliest in the table to have been published in this edition from page 127 onwards. This gives revised. detailed definitions of all the terms and units used in the Digest. The foiiowing generai definitions shouid be noted in using the Digest. Change of basis. A line drawn across a column between two consecutive figures indicates that the figures above and below the line have been compiled on different bases and are not strictly Area covered. Except where otherwise stated, all statistics relate to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern comparable. In each case a footnote explains the difference. Ireland. Seasonality. Except where otherwise stated, all statistics are Rounding off igures. In tables where figures have been rounded to not adjusted to take account of seasonal factors. the nearest final digit, there may be a slight discrepancy between Consumption and stocks. The terms ‘consumption’, ‘disposals’ the sum of the constituent items and the total as shown. and ‘stocks’ are defined in detail in the Supplement io the Digest. Figures of consumption and stocks are seasonal and should be used with caution. The stocks figures given may often relate to Central Statistical Office only part of the total stocks in the country. Great George Street External trade. Owing to differences in coverage and timing, London SWIP 3AQ figures of imports and exports are not always comparable with those for production, consumption and stocks. 11 January 1993 Prices. Except where otherwise stated, all prices are shown on a current basis. Money. There is no single correct definition of money. Consequently, several definitions of money stock are widely used: CSO Databank Most tables in this publication contain data which is available on the Monthly Digest dataset, one of the datasets in the CSO Databank. The appropriate four digit identifier is included at the top of the column or start of the row of figures. This is to facilitate access to the data in computer-readable form and make available longer runs of data than appear in these tables. The CSO Databank is a collection of mostly macro-economic time-series available on magnetic tape or disk. The tape format, unlabelled EBCDIC, is the same for all the datasets. The disks, either 3'/," or 5/," are written in ASCII text which can be loaded as spreadsheets and viewed using standard spreadsheet packages, such as LOTUS or SMART. 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Contents Introduction Definitions, Symbols and Conventions used Tables National income and expenditure Gross national and domestic product: average estimates Gross domestic product: by category of expenditure Gross domestic product: by category of income Index numbers: gross domestic product (output) at constant factor cost Personal income, expenditure and saving Consumers’ expenditure Value of physical increase in stocks and work in progress Gross domestic fixed capital formation Fixed capital expenditure in manufacturing industry ~ =UHC E=I oDmAFi NxAedW NcaHp ital expenditure of the construction, distribution, road transport and financial sectors (plus shipping) Population and vital statistics De facto or home population Age distribution of the population Births and marriages and deaths registered Employment Distribution of working population Employees in employment: all industries Employees in employment: production and construction industries Civil Service staff: analysis by ministerial responsibilities UK Service personnel, intake, outflow and strengths Local authority manpower Numbers employed in agriculture Overtime and short-time worked by operatives in manufacturing industries Unemployed Notified vacancies remaining unfilled Industrial stoppages Social services National insurance and child benefit Family income supplement/family credit Income support Family practitioner services Law enforcement Notifiable offences recorded by the police - England and Wales Crimes and offences recorded by the police - Scotland Agriculture, food, drinks and tobacco Land use and crop areas Crops Livestock and meat products Production, disposals and stocks of principal foods and feedingstuffs Tobacco products Alcoholic drinks Production, output and costs Output of the production industries Employment and output per head Productivity and unit labour costs Energy Inland energy consumption: primary fuel input Supply and use of fuels Coal supply and colliery manpower and productivity at BCC mines Coal consumption and stocks Gas: sources of supply and sent-out Fuel used and electricity generated by the public supply system Sales of gas and electricity Petroleum and petroleum products Chemicals Fertilisers and other miscellaneous products Sulphur and sulphuric acid Dyestuffs and pigments: paint and varnish Production of organic chemicals 10 Metals, engineering and vehicles 10.1-10.2 Iron and steel 10.3-10.4 Non-ferrous metals 10.5 Engineering and allied products: sales of UK manufactured goods 10.6 Mechanical, instrument and electrical engineering industries: volume index of sales 10.7-10.8 Mechanical, instrument and electrical engineering industries: volume index numbers of orders on hand and net new orders 10.9-10.10 Vehicles Merchant shipbuilding Textiles and other manufactures Textiles Hosiery and footwear Floor coverings Construction Construction work: output and new orders Building materials and components Permanent housing Transport Road and rail transport Civil aviation Merchant shipping 13.11-13.12 Passenger movement by sea and air 14 Retailing 14.1 Index numbers of retail sales in Great Britain 14.2 Index numbers of retail sales in Great Britain and retail stocks in the United Kingdom 15 External trade 15.1-15.3 Analysis by commodity classes 15.4-15.6 Analysis by areas and countries 15.7-15.9 Export and import volume and unit value index numbers 15.10 Import penetration and export sales ratios for products of manufacturing industry 16 Overseas finance 16.1-16.3 Balance of payments 17 Home finance 17.1 Central government borrowing on own account 17.2 Public sector borrowing requirement 17.3 Selected financial statistics 17.4 Monetary aggregates 17.5 Selected interest rates, exchange rates and security prices 18 Prices and wages 18.1-18.2 General index of retail prices 18.3 General index of retail prices (all items) 18.4 Internal purchasing power of the pound 18.5 Tax and price index 18.6 Index numbers of producer prices 18.7-18.9 Average weekly and hourly earnings of full-time employees 18.10-18.11 Index of average earnings of all employees 18.12 Indices of purchase prices of the means of agricultural production and of producer prices of agricultural products 19 Leisure Television licences Overseas travel and tourism: earnings and expenditure Weather District values Alphabetical index Annual Supplement of definitions Units of measurement 1 National income and expenditure 1 1 Gross national and domestic product’ a Index numbers (1985 = 100) At factor cost GIBF CTGV 280 347 40 656 307 145 43 231 330 142 45 039 359 828 49 367 389 864 56 760 372 042 52312 319730 427 254 62901 360599 389 946 55539 334 407 475765 70215 401 127 407 131 57727 349404 518812 74181 441136 444631 415730 59032 356698 552 444,70 898, 479452, 481546, 417909, 58929, 358 980 574 971'77 209' 497 321' 497 762' 408 553'58 383 350 170° Seasonally adjusted 1982 Q3 70 280 70682 10D2I5A7A 60023 60425 81249 11D2I1A7S ® ~ 2e 2a° d S& Q4 72 080 72612 10468 61612 62144 81769 11388 80. 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For details see notiens t he UK National 7 Based on the sum of expenditure components of GDP at current and constant Accounts article in the January issue of Economic Trends. pri, ces. 3 Equals taxes on expenditure jess subsidies. 8 Also known as the index of total home costs. 4 The factor cost estimate of GDP is obtained from the market price estimate Source: Central Statistical Office by subtracting the factor cost adjustment. National income and expenditure 1 2 Gross domestic product: by category of expenditure’ w Al market prices Final expenditure on goods and services General government final Value of consumption physical Statist- Gross __ increase less ical domestic in sitocks Total Exports Total imports discrep- Central Local fixed and work domestic of goods final ofg oods ancy govern- author- capital in expend- and expend- and (expend- ment ities Total formation progress? —iture* services _iture* services __iture) CSBA AAX| DFDC DHBF CTGQ DJAD DJAK DIAG GIXM 23363 60363 44824 -1188 274649 72694 347343 67 762 -694 25133 65787 48615 1465 302895 80056 382951 77529 -1108 26618 69760 54967 1296 326284 91852 418136 92669 27926 73805 60353 821 353926 102208 456134 98 866 30580 79381 64514 716 387641 98319 485960 101070 33309 85349 74077 1388 428337 107031 535368 111868 36119 91729 989857 4782 488425 107705 596130 124788 38502 99029 103262 3138 535961 122049 658010 142693 515 317 42826. 109878. 106028, -1462. 564855 133500 698355. 147728 -277. 550350 479 452 47 466' 1219047 95399 -5211' 580 135' 135019°711554 1 140.438 -186' 574 530° t t 497 3217 Not seasonally adjusted 1988Q3 78379 13431 9064 22 826 124236 27684 151920 Q4 81611 14522 9318 24 663 131623 27927 159550 1988Qt 76746 15114 $352 25 769 126133 27850 155 983 80234 14503 9467 24 196 130 244 30069 160313 85121 15238 9668 25 834 136518 30788 167 306 88431 15672 10015 27 443 141066 33342 174408 82878 16397 10147 28 376 137777 32114 169891 85017 16418 10534 25 599 137942 33508 171450 89616 16739 10886 25 887 143 664 32824 176 488 92900 17498 11259 26 166 145472 35054 180526 85820' 17858' 11396 25 233" 138 796" 30 551769° 35 3° 89342 18698 11820 22 399 1 441556 34084 175640 94612 18738 11979' 23 413 148432 34496 182928 98269 19144 12271 24 354 151351 35818872 2 33 90306 19617 12364 24 314 145 687 32799 178 486 94024 19581 12662 21 468 147216 34601 181817 98941 19696 12728 22 802 154702 33919 188621 Seasonally adjusted AllX ACHP CSBK DECR DIGS DJAZ ODIAB DJBC 1988Q3 76724 13708 9175 22883 22997 124132 27611 151743 32159 119 584 1352 101693 Q4 78630 14458 9263 23721 23569 128994 27126 156120 32938 123 182 1570 104907 1989Q1 80182 14623 9368 23991 25270 131124 28983 160107 34462 125 645 1461 107 581 Q2 82046 14832 9460 24292 25674 133026 29932 162958 35323 127 635 1510 109090 Q3 83140 15540 9728 25268 25885 135656 30860 166516 36557 129 959 1518 111371 85164 15532 9946 25478 26433 136 155 32274 168429 36351 132 078 1293 113094 86549 15920 10169 26089 27755 140213 33339 173552 37979 135 527 1354 116 269 86942 16767 10552 27319 27044 141187 33746 174933 37960 136 910 1486 119517 17029 10926 27955 141984 33021 175005 36008 138 919 1465 121554 17336 11179 28515 141471 33394 174865 35781 138 994 1764 122112 17493 11423 28916" -1 1741 142061 32299'174 360° 343217 139 982t 1477" 122615 19050 11848 30898 -2228 143845 34095 177940 34947 142 943 1435 123 163 18918 12010' 30928 -1351 146098 34458 180556 35397 145 115 1522 125192 18977 12185 31162 -~458 148131 34167 182298 35773 146490 21787 1648 126351 19258 12398 31656 -610 148903 34399 183302 36348 -19 146935 21305 1626 127 256 19866 12647 32513 -416 150923 34951 185874 36856 -13 149005 21431 1571 129145 19834 12801 32635 -363 152209 34069 186278 36473 -9 149796 21455 1613 129954 1 Estimates are given to the nearest £ million but cannot be regarded as accu- 3 Quarterly alignment adjustment included in this series. For detaseei nlotess in rate to this degree. the UK National Accounts article in the January issue of Economic Trends. 2 This series is affected by the aboloif tthei doomensti c rataends th e intro- 4 GDP is estimated in seasonally adjusted form only. Therefore whilst both a sea- ductioof nth e community charge. For details see notes in the UK National adjusted and unadjusted version exist of the residual error, the altribu- Accounts article in the Janaury issueo f Economic Trends. tion of statistical discrepancies to the expenditubrasee d and income based estimates can only be made in seasonally adjusted form. Source: Central StatistiOcfafilc e National income and expenditure 1 2 Gross domestic product: by category of expenditure’ « continued Al market prices Final expenditure on goods and services al market prices General government final consumption Con sumers’ Central Local expend- govern author- ture men ities Total CCBH DJDK DJDL DJCZ DJUCY GIXS 1962 197 980 44421 27228 71672 82 348 815 1983 206 932 45281 27808 73069 87709 -1231 1984 210 959 45741 286051 73792 96 394 348 1985 218 947 45879 27926 73805 98 866 - 49 367 1986 232 996 46684 28422 75106 61813 105 662 - 52 312 1987 245823 46753 29281 76034 67753 1158 390768 113 916 * 55 539 1988 264096 46942 29544 76486 77395 4010 421987 127 845 o 57727 349404 1989 272917 47365 29819 77184 82997 2657 435755 137 281 - 59032 356698 1990 274744. 48627. 31062. 79689 80464 -1110 433787. 123049 556836. 138720. -207. 417909 58929 358980 1991 269 168' 49719' 32108 91827' 72317 -3444' 419968 123263 543131" 134447 -131' 408553' 58383' 350 170° Not seasonally adjusted 1988 Q3 67 678 11273 106 207 134 629 14 676 Q4 70 678 11 941 111970 140 557 15 618 1969 Qi 64 793 12 138 21% 106 499 134 423 14 066 Q2 66 368 11315 106 211 134 992 14018 Q3 69 549 11 834 110 114 139 278 15 158 72 207 12 078 112 931 144 318 15 790 65 981 12 463 21 817 107 731 137 795 14 491 67 123 11 947 19 465 106 610 137 690 14 303 11 663 19 492 109 467 139 287 14 927 12 354 19 690 109 979 142 064 15 208 12 518" 19 04s? 103 665° 132 246" 14 1217 12 387 16 800 101 981 132 955 13 868 12 293 17778 106 207 137 121 14 847 12521 18 691 108 015 140 809 15 547 12 643 18 910 103 181 133 278 13 995 12 221 16 838 101 772 133 166 13 653 12 083 17 924 106 832 137 666 14 446 DIAV DIAW DIAT DECU DIAY DJDG DIAU DIAS 11 532 7394 18926 19 515 106304 28541 134845 102116 14457 87659 11 648 7359 19207 19 928 109122 27706 136 828 103 1868 14784 88404 11 704 7410 19114 20 974 108915 28803 137718 103 237 14422 88815 11 636 7394 ©619030 20773 109203 28703 137 906 103 675 14785 88890 12 105 7492 19597 20572 109555 29463 139018 104 227 14890 89337 11 920 7523 19443 20678 108082 30287 138369 104591 14935 89656 12 058 7550 19608 21255 109241 30915 140 156 105071 14848 90223 12 268 7718 19986 20511 109661 31271 140932 105 563 15039 90524 12114 7860 19974 19 734 108295 30301 138596 104135 14672 89463 12 187 7934 «20121 18 964 106590 30562 137 152 103 140 14370 88770 12195' 7951 20146' 18530° 824" 105812 299217 135 7337 102 600° 145117 88089 12731 8016 20747 17902 -1261 104514 30941 135455 101861 14527 87334 12485 8067. 20552 17976 807 104767 31165 135932 102 103 14626 87477 12308 8074" 20362 17909 -552 104775 31236 136011 101989 14719 87270 12 330 80868 20418 18 115 -290 104937 31243 136 180 101 283 14388 86895 12 509 8123 20632 17 965 -476 105138 31711 136849 101052 14271 86781 12 265 8119 20384 17 956 -201 105410 31412 136822 101117 14256 86861 1 Estimates are given to the nearest £ million but cannot be regarded as accu- 4 GDP ‘s estimated in seasonally adjusted form only. Therefore whilst rate to this degree. and unadjusted versions exist of the residual error, the attributioonf statistical 2 For years up to and including 1982, totals differ from the sum of the com- discrepancies to the expenditure based and income based estimates can be ponents because of the method used to rebase on 1985 prices. made only in seasoandjaustledl fyor m. 3 Quarterly alignment adjustment included in this series. For detaisele st he 5 Represents Taxes on expenditure less Subsidies, both valued at 1985 prices. UK National Accounts article in the January issueo f Economic Trends. Source: Central Statistical Office