Across the third quarter of 2021 as a whole GDP grew 1.3% following the continued easing of #coronavirus restrictions ow.ly/mMGf50GL4tC
Commenting on today’s figures, ONS Chief Economist Grant Fitzner said: (1/4)
Grant Fitzner continued: (2/4)
Grant Fitzner added: (3/4)
Grant Fitzner went on to say: (4/4)
Total underlying goods imports grew £2.3bn (5.9%) in September led by a £2.2bn (11.2%) growth in imports from non-EU countries.
Total underlying goods exports grew £0.5bn (1.9%) in September 2021 led by a £0.7bn (5.7%) growth in exports to the EU ow.ly/jrmp50GL4Gl
Read our new article showing how we produce monthly and quarterly GDP and why this has an impact on estimating where the economy is relative to its pre-pandemic level ow.ly/pJuH50GL8oj
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#COVID19 infection rates decreased across the majority of age groups, with an uncertain trend in 35 to 49 years and school Year 12 to 24-year-olds.
The highest rates were still seen in secondary school aged children ow.ly/oKIT50GM7ze
In England, there was a decrease across most regions, with early signs of an increase in the East Midlands and the trend uncertain in the West Midlands ow.ly/oKIT50GM7ze
Data from @KantarPublic shows the availability of items on shop shelves (5 Nov to 8 Nov 2021):
🍗 Lowest was ‘frozen turkey’ (18% of this item’s availability marked none or low)
🍺 Beer had the highest availability (68% recorded as high availability)
The number of deaths in private homes has been generally increasing since 2005 but, as today’s article shows, in 2020 there was a large increase, with deaths 29.2% higher than 2019 ow.ly/OOsR50GK7Au
There were 166,576 registered deaths in 2020 that occurred in private homes.
▪️ males (92,042 deaths), 31.7% above the five-year average
▪️ females (74,534 deaths) 34.6% above the five-year average
Private homes are the only place where deaths have been consistently above the five-year average in all months from January 2020 to June 2021 ow.ly/g6Wg50GK87x
We've published our provisional overseas travel and tourism figures from April to June 2021.
These are air travel only; Sea and Tunnel data are excluded as it was not possible to interview on Dover ferries or the EuroTunnel due to #COVID19 restrictions ow.ly/qMMG50GAQLx
Overseas residents made 277,000 visits by air to the UK in Quarter 2 (April to June) 2021.
This was 97% fewer than Quarter 2 2019 as travel continues to be restricted due to the pandemic ow.ly/tgea50GAQT5
Overseas residents spent £386 million on their visits to the UK in Quarter 2 (April to June) 2021.
Figures from @NationalHways show average counts of all vehicles on strategic roads around English ports reached their pre-pandemic level for the first time in August 2021.
The only monthly decrease in 2021 occurred in July, down 5 percentage points ow.ly/4BqB50GzXpx
Data from @Pret show in the week to 21 Oct 2021, sales at stores in London airports increased by 8 percentage points to 83% of the January 2020 average🥪