Despite the global #COVID pandemic, sickness absence from work in the UK reached a record low of 1.8% in 2020, down from 3.1% in 1995 ow.ly/DSwW50DOGUi Line chart showing the sick...
#COVID19 has accounted for 14% of all sickness absences since April 2020.

However, measures such as furloughing, social distancing, shielding and more homeworking appear to have helped reduce other causes of absence ow.ly/26wU50DOH1g
Minor illness, which includes coughs and colds, was the main reason for sickness absence in 2020.

This has remained the main reason for sickness absence since the time series began in 1995 ow.ly/rWvm50DOH3U Bar chart showing 'minor il...
London had the lowest sickness absence rate in 2020 at 1.4%, 0.4 percentage points lower than the UK rate.

This may be because London also had the highest rate of furloughing ow.ly/ooDs50DOH7u Bar chart showing London ha...

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4 Mar
It‘s #UniMentalHealthDay – we’ve recently analysed students’ well-being and mental health.

In January, our Student COVID-19 Insights Survey in England found almost 2 in 3 students’ well-being and mental health had worsened during the pandemic.

ow.ly/90Ay50DPOlH Today marks University Mental Health Day. Read our findings
Many students have found themselves isolating, perhaps in households with others they don’t know well.

More students reported a decline in their well-being and mental health in January (63%) than in the November 2020 survey (57%).

#UniMentalHealthDay

ow.ly/90Ay50DPOlH Percentage of students that reported declining mental health
For many, university life hasn’t been what they’d hoped.

In January,

- 37% were dissatisfied/very dissatisfied with their academic lives (up 7% on Nov)
- 56% were dissatisfied/very dissatisfied with their social lives (up 3% on Nov)

#UniMentalHealthDay

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4 Mar
11.6% of young people were not in employment, education or training (NEET) in October to December 2020.

This was up 0.6 percentage points on July to September and up 0.6 percentage points on the same period a year ago ow.ly/EFvi50DPN7E Line chart showing the percentage of young people who are no
There were 797,000 16 to 24 year-olds who were not in employment, education or training in October to December 2020.

This was an increase of 39,000 on July to September and up 34,000 compared with October to December 2019 ow.ly/qNMf50DPNis
The quarterly 39,000 increase was the largest since July to September 2011 and was mostly driven by economically inactive men ow.ly/iUxB50DPNkm
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4 Mar
We’ve released our latest economic and society impact indicators as part of our response to the #COVID19 pandemic ow.ly/Oy0C50DPMc2 Coronavirus and the latest indicators for the UK economy and
.@bankofengland’s CHAPS-based indicator of debit and credit card purchases decreased by 3 percentage points from last week to 73% of its Feb 2020 average ow.ly/N5rC50DPMqi In the week to 25 February 2021, the aggregate CHAPS-based i
19% of the workforce of all UK businesses (excluding those permanently ceased trading) were furloughed in mid-February, according to initial results from the Business Insights and Conditions Survey.

This is broadly unchanged from 20% in the previous wave ow.ly/QCvO50DPMuj 19% of the workforce of all UK businesses (excluding those p
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2 Mar
The provisional number of deaths registered in England and Wales in the week ending 19 February 2021 (Week 7) was 13,809.

This was
▪️ 1,545 fewer than Week 6
▪️ 2,182 higher than the five-year average for Week 7

➡️ow.ly/TxE850DNzPV  The number of deaths was a...
Of the 13,809 deaths registered in Week 7,  4,079 mentioned #COVID19 on the death certificate (29.5% of all deaths).

This has fallen by 1,612 #COVID19 deaths since the previous week ow.ly/iOSk50DNzT8 The number of deaths involv...
Of the 4,079 deaths involving #COVID19, 85.7% had this recorded as the underlying cause of death.

Of the 3,430 deaths involving influenza and pneumonia, 8.5% had these as the underlying cause ow.ly/ncyv50DNzVo
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16 Feb
The provisional number of deaths registered in England and Wales in the week ending 5 February 2021 (Week 5) was 17,192.

This was
▪️ 1,256 fewer than Week 4
▪️ 4,986 higher than the five-year average for Week 5

➡️ ow.ly/TcmE50DBhNI Chart showing the number of deaths was above the five-year a
Of the 17,192 deaths registered in Week 5, 7,320 mentioned #COVID19 on the death certificate (42.6% of all deaths).

This has fallen by 1,113 #COVID19 deaths since the previous week ow.ly/KYVw50DBhQG Chart showing the number of deaths involving COVID-19 decrea
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Of the 4,993 deaths involving influenza and pneumonia, 6.1% had these as the underlying cause ow.ly/1AQs50DBhSu
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15 Feb
We’ve published analysis showing how industries related to travel and tourism in the UK have been affected by #COVID19.

The bulletin uses ONS statistics on business performance and the Labour market as well as other external data sources ow.ly/m0H950DAl0z
#COVID19 has affected the travel and tourism sector heavily in 2020 and 2021.

Government restrictions both in the UK and worldwide have prevented tourism for large periods of time ow.ly/saoL50DAl1r
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These industries were also more responsive to changes in lockdown restrictions ow.ly/B7N950DAl56
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