We’ve published the latest UK labour market figures.

Headline indicators for the UK labour market for January to March 2024 show:

· employment was 74.5%
· unemployment was 4.3%
· economic inactivity was 22.1%

Read Labour market overview ➡️ ons.gov.uk/employmentandl…
Commenting on today’s figures, ONS Director of Economic Statistics Liz McKeown said: (1/3) 💬

2 million people living in private households in England and Scotland were experiencing self-reported long COVID

Symptoms continuing for more than four weeks after a confirmed or suspected #COVID19 infection that were not explained by something else.

➡️ ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulati…
Long COVID symptoms adversely affected the day-to-day activities of 1.5 million people (74.7% of those with self-reported long COVID).

381,000 (19.2%) reported that their ability to undertake their day-to-day activities had been “limited a lot”.

We've led the development of a new method for estimating the number of excess deaths across UK countries.

Julie Stanborough talks us through the data released today and how this new method will give us a better understanding in this complex area ➡️ ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulati…
Expected number of deaths used to calculate excess mortality is now estimated from age-specific mortality rates rather than death counts, so changes in population size and age structure are taken into account. Our new method also accounts for trends in population mortality rates.

We've been investigating the quality of #Census2021 gender identity data after some unexpected patterns were identified.

Our final summary report has been published today to help users in their interpretation of the census results.

➡️ ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulati… Commenting on the release of today’s report, Jen Woolford Director of population statistics at the ONS said: (1/6)💬⬇️

We've published a new article exploring the disability, health status, ethnic group, religion and employment of people of different sexual orientations (aged 16 years and over) in England and Wales using #Census2021 data.

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#Census2021 included a voluntary question about sexual orientation of usual residents aged 16 and over:

▪️ 89.4% said they were straight or heterosexual
▪️ 3.2% identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual or another sexual orientation (LGB+)
▪️ 7.5% did not respond to the question

We've published a new article looking at the relative risk of death associated with temperature for England and Wales from 1988 to 2022.

Temperatures below -5 and above 25 degrees Celsius represent the greatest risk 🌡️

➡️ ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulati…
Commenting on today’s release, Gillian Flower from the ONS, said (1/2) 💬

There are now 2.5 million people not working nor looking for a job because of long-term sickness, up 400,000 since the start of the #COVID19 pandemic.

Today we’re looking in more detail at this, including those who report more than one health problem.

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Of those aged 16 to 64 years in January to March 2023:

▪️ 36% said they had at least one long-term health condition
▪️ up from 31% in the same period in 2019 and 29% in 2016

Mae 3 pharc cenedlaethol yng Nghymru a 10 yn Lloegr sydd, gyda'i gilydd, yn cwmpasu 10.97% o'r tir yng Nghymru a Lloegr

Mae data #Cyfrifiad2021 newydd yn dangos bod 399,400 o bobl yn byw yn y parciau hyn yn 2021 (0.67% o'r boblogaeth breswyl arferol)

➡️ cy.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulati… Yng Nghymru, Bannau Brycheiniog oedd y parc cenedlaethol mwyaf poblog gyda 33,500 o breswylwyr a 15,000 o gartrefi.

Arfordir Penfro oedd yr un lleiaf poblog (20,900 o breswylwyr, 9,800 o gartrefi) a lle gwelwyd y dirywiad mwyaf (7.6%) mewn preswylwyr o'r holl barciau ers 2011.

There are 10 national parks in England and 3 in Wales - which collectively cover 10.97% of land in England and Wales 🏞️

New #Census2021 data shows 399,400 people lived in these parks in 2021 (0.67% of the usual resident population) 🌳

➡️ ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulati… In Wales the most populated national park was Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) with 33,500 residents and 15,000 households.

The least was the Pembrokeshire Coast (20,900 residents, 9,800 households) which had the largest decline (7.6%) in residents of all parks since 2011.

Our latest economic activity and social change data show a mixed picture in the latest week:

▪ credit and debit card spending increased 💳
▪️ automotive fuel spending was broadly unchanged ⛽
▪️ @Pret transactions decreased in most locations 🥪

➡️ ons.gov.uk/economy/econom… Figures from @adzuna show the total number of online job adverts on 2 June 2023:

▪️ increased slightly by 1% compared with the previous week
▪️ were 12% below the level seen in the equivalent period of 2022

Latest results from our Business Insights and Conditions Survey (live from 15 to 28 May 2023) suggest business conditions continue to remain challenging, but estimates show small signs of positive improvement for some measures.

➡️ ons.gov.uk/businessindust… 65% of trading businesses said they were able to get the materials, goods or services they needed from within the UK in April 2023 🧱 🚚 🏦

This is unchanged from March 2023.

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity was more subdued at the start of 2023, following general stability across 2022.

➡️ ons.gov.uk/businessindust… The value of inward M&A (foreign companies acquiring UK ones) was £12.7 billion in Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2023:

▪️ £6.9 billion higher than the previous quarter (£5.8 billion)
▪️ £4.1 billion lower than Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2022 (£16.8 billion)

We've published experimental analysis estimating the impact of #COVID19 on the number of hospital episodes involving falls and fractures associated with new-onset frailty and disability in England, 2013 to 2021.

➡️ ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulati… The number hospital episodes involving falls decreased during the national lockdowns but increased above the modelled expected number when restrictions were lifted.

April 2020 saw the largest drop in the number of fall episodes compared with expected levels.

On #WorldEnvironmentDay, we've published our UK Environmental Accounts🌍

UK greenhouse gas emissions on a residence basis increased by 3% between 2020 and 2021, to 502 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (Mt Co2e).

➡️ ons.gov.uk/economy/enviro… Households are the largest single contributor to UK emissions (consumer expenditure e.g. on heating and travelling), up 7% to 26% of the 2021 total 🔥🚗

The energy sector was second highest with 17% of the total.

When asked about the important issues facing the UK today, the most reported issues continue to be:

▪️ the #CostOfLiving (92%) 🛒
▪️ the #NHS (87%) 🏥
▪️ the #economy (73%) 💷
▪️ climate change and the #environment (60%) 🌍

➡️ ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulati… Around 3 in 10 (29%) working adults reported they would describe any part of their job as a “green job”, (for example, a job that helps to protect or contribute towards the environment, such as helping to combat climate change or improve the natural environment) 🌳

Headline indicators for the UK labour market for January to March 2023 show:

▪️ employment was 75.9%
▪️ unemployment was 3.9%
▪️ economic inactivity was 21.0%

➡ ons.gov.uk/employmentandl… Commenting on today’s labour market figures, ONS Director of Economic Statistics @DarrenM44 said: (1/4)

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On the @UN's International #DayOfFamilies, here are some #Census2021 insights on families in England and Wales.

A family refers to a

▪️ married, civil partnered or cohabiting couple with or without children
▪️ lone parent with at least one child who lives in the household

⬇️ There were 16.9 million families in England and Wales in 2021, an increase of 7.3% from 2011 (15.8 million).

▪️ 81.3% of families were couples
▪️ 18.7% were lone parents

➡️ ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulati…

Using #Census2021 data, we’ve explored qualification levels by country of birth across England and Wales.

43.8% of adult residents born outside the UK reported a higher education qualification – compared with 31.4% of UK-born residents 🎓

➡️ ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulati… The percentage of migrants with higher education qualifications varies considerably by country of origin.

For example, more than half of residents born in India, Nigeria and South Africa hold higher education qualifications.

GDP is estimated to have grown by a revised 0.1% in Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec) 2022.

Up from an initial estimate of 0.0% growth.

➡️ ons.gov.uk/economy/grossd… Commenting on today’s revised GDP figures, ONS Director of Economic Statistics Darren Morgan said: (1/3) ⬇️

Latest economic activity and social change data shows the estimated demand for fuel per transaction was 5 percentage points above the level in the previous week ⛽

12 percentage points above the level seen in the equivalent week of 2022.

➡️ ons.gov.uk/economy/econom… According to @Springboard_ weekly retail footfall in the week to 26 March 2023 was:

🛍️ 97% of the previous week
🛍️ 80% of the equivalent week of 2019