Explore data relating to the UK economy including the labour market, trade, business, and public finances. Use our data freely and flexibly under the conditions of the Open Parliament Licence.
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Data on employment, incomes, benefit claimants, and poverty
This paper provides figures for the number of people claiming unemployment benefits (the “claimant count”) by parliamentary constituency, as well as a summary of the latest labour market statistics for the UK as a whole.
This note sets out information on the levels and rates of poverty in the UK, including historical trends and forecasts for future years, as well as poverty by employment status, tenure, ethnic group, disability, region and constituency.
This note presents and analyses data on the number of people starting apprenticeships in England and statistics for Parliamentary Constituencies in England.
Explore data and analysis on UK business and industry
This paper collates data on the number of applications and total support provided under the UK Government coronavirus business support schemes. The attached excel spreadsheet allows users to view data by Parliamentary constituency and local authority.
Constituency-level data on house prices and an indicator of the affordability of house prices in each area
Businesses since 2000, small businesses, business by region, businesses by industry, business births and deaths and information on female representation in business. It also features some discussion of the sources of business statistics and their coverage.
Data on topics such as government borrowing and local authority finances
This is a purely statistical note on public sector borrowing (the budget deficit), public sector debt and government debt interest payments.
Use our interactive dashboard to view Covid-19 related funding for local authorities in England.
This note considers how much the UK contributes to the EU budget and how much it receives back. Potential payments to the EU on or after Brexit - such as the exit bill - are also discussed.
Data and statistics about the UK's trade with other countries
This note gives some key statistics on UK-Commonwealth trade.
This note looks at the UK's trade with its main trading partners.
This note provides some basic statistics on the UK's trade with the EU.
Looking for more analysis about the UK economy? From trade to GDP, read analysis of key areas of the UK economy.
