Commenting on today’s labour market data, ONS director of economic statistics Darren Morgan said:
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Continuing, Darren Morgan said:
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Darren Morgan added:
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Darren Morgan concluded:
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The number of employees on payroll continued to grow strongly in December 2021, and is now over 400,000 above the pre-pandemic level ons.gov.uk/employmentandl…
Weekly hours worked fell 2.6 million on the previous quarter, to 1.02 billion hours in September to November 2021, the first drop since the latest relaxation of #COVID19 regulations ons.gov.uk/employmentandl…
After taking inflation into account, average pay saw annual growth of 0.4% including bonuses in September to November 2021, while excluding bonuses it was flat ons.gov.uk/employmentandl…
There were an average of 1.247 million job vacancies across October to December 2021, up from 1.119 million the previous three months ons.gov.uk/employmentandl…
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We’ve released experimental data estimating changes in deaths & hospital admissions associated with rising average temperatures in England & Wales (2001-2020).
Trends are relevant to climate change but may reflect other factors e.g. healthcare and housing ow.ly/11a350HvLMO
Commenting on today’s release, Myer Glickman, Head of Epidemiology, Climate and Global Health at the ONS said: (1/4)
Our #COVID19 insights interactive tool shows the latest trends in infections, deaths and hospitalisations.
Data on COVID-19 from the ONS, Joint Biosecurity Centre and @UKHSA highlights the state of the pandemic across the UK
The positivity rate in England was 6.85% in the week ending 6 Jan 2022.
In the week ending 9 Jan 2021, when the second wave positivity was at its highest (2.08%), the hospital admission was almost twice as high and the number of deaths 10x as high ow.ly/40E250HuvqN
Hospital admission rates remained similar in England in the week ending 9 Jan 2022, at 19.03 per 100,000 people. This is a similar rate to that seen in Feb 2021.
Admission in over 85’s was less than half (46%) of levels seen in Jan 2021 ow.ly/jFn550HuvwJ
New estimates show the number of people testing positive for #COVID19 continued to increase across the UK in the week ending 6 Jan 2022.
Infections compatible with the Omicron variant increased and Delta compatible infections have fallen to low levels ow.ly/1vss50HsLtE
#COVID19 infections increased in all English regions except the East of England and London in the most recent week.
Infections decreased in London and the trend is uncertain in the East of England ow.ly/1vss50HsLtE
In England, #COVID19 infections increased in those aged 50+, and remain lowest in those aged 70+.
In all other age groups, infections increased more slowly in the most recent two weeks, but the trend was uncertain in the most recent week ow.ly/1vss50HsLtE