Food Statistics Pocketbook Summary

The Food Statistics Pocketbook presents a selection of information covering the economic, social and environmental aspects of the food we eat. It contains statistics for different time periods, but always using latest available data at the time of release. Data comes from surveys run by Defra and the Office for National Statistics and from a wide range of other sources including government departments, agencies and commercial organisations.

The full publication is available here: Food statistics pocketbook

Associated datasets from this publication are also available. Data are a mixture of National Statistics, Official Statistics and unofficial statistics. Unofficial statistics are used where there are gaps in the evidence base. Where National Statistics are used this is indicated. Further information on National Statistics can be found on the https://code.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/" class="govuk-link">UK Statistics Authority website.

The four separate “chapter” pages, and the glossary, have been combined into one webpage to simplify navigation.

• Food Chain
• Prices and Expenditure
• Global and UK Supply
• Food Security Report

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Contact

Enquiries to: familyfood@defra.gov.uk Lead statistician: David Lee Tel: 0208 026 3006

Production team: David Lee, Isabella Worth, Jonathan Smith, Leigh Riley, Chris Silwood, Matthew Keating and Jess Booth.

You can also contact us via Twitter: https://twitter.com/defrastats" class="govuk-link">@DefraStats

Official statistics are produced impartially and free from any political influence.

These statistics include:

• crime matches
• subject samples
• NDNAD breakdown
• gender
• ethnic appearance
• age

We are currently unable to provide figures on matches made against profiles on the National DNA Database.

https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20230502153339/https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-dna-database-statistics" class="govuk-link">Statistics from Q1 2013 to Q4 2022 to 2023 are available on the National Archives.

Figures for Q2 2014 to 2015 are unavailable. This is due to technical issues with the management information system.

This page lists ad-hoc statistics released during the period July - September 2020. These are additional analyses not included in any of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport’s standard publications.

If you would like any further information please contact evidence@dcms.gov.uk.

July 2020 - DCMS Economic Estimates: Number of businesses and Gross Value Added (GVA) by turnover band (2018)

This analysis considers businesses in the DCMS Sectors split by whether they had reported annual turnover above or below £500 million, at one time the threshold for the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS). Please note the DCMS Sectors totals here exclude the Tourism and Civil Society sectors, for which data is not available or has been excluded for ease of comparability.

The analysis looked at number of businesses; and total GVA generated for both turnover bands. In 2018, an estimated 112 DCMS Sector businesses had an annual turnover of £500m or more (0.03% of the total DCMS Sector businesses). These businesses generated 35.3% (£73.9bn) of all GVA by the DCMS Sectors.

These are trends are broadly similar for the wider non-financial UK business economy, where an estimated 823 businesses had an annual turnover of £500m or more (0.03% of the total) and generated 24.3% (£409.9bn) of all GVA.

The Digital Sector had an estimated 89 businesses (0.04% of all Digital Sector businesses) – the largest number – with turnover of £500m or more; and these businesses generated 41.5% (£61.9bn) of all GVA for the Digital Sector. By comparison, the Creative Industries had an estimated 44 businesses with turnover of £500m or more (0.01% of all Creative Industries businesses), and these businesses generated 23.9% (£26.7bn) of GVA for the Creative Industries sector.

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July 2020 - ONS Opinions and Lifestyle Omnibus Survey, February 2020 Data Module

This analysis shows estimates from the ONS Opinion and Lifestyle Omnibus Survey Data Module, commissioned by DCMS in February 2020. The Opinions and Lifestyles Survey (OPN) is run by the Office for National Statistics. For more information on the survey, please see the https://www.ons.gov.uk/aboutus/whatwedo/paidservices/opinions" class="govuk-link">ONS website.

DCMS commissioned 19 questions to be included in the February 2020 survey relating to the public’s views on a range of data related issues, such as trust in different types of organisations when handling personal data, confidence using data skills at work, understanding of how data is managed by companies and the use of data skills at work.

The high level results are included in the accompanying tables. The survey samples adults (16+) across the whole of Great Britain (excluding the Isles of Scilly).

The Taking Part Survey has run since 2005 and is the key evidence source for DCMS. It is a continuous face to face household survey of adults aged 16 and over in England and children aged 5 to 15 years old.

The child Taking Part report can be found here.

The Taking Part Survey provides reliable national estimates of engagement with the arts, heritage, museums, libraries, digital and social networking. It carries the National Statistics badge, meaning that it meets the highest standards of statistical quality.

• Released - 16 September 2020
• Period covered - April 2019 to March 2020
• Geographic coverage - National and Regional level data for England.
• Next release date – Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, face-to-face data collection was paused for the survey year from April 2020. Data will therefore not be published in the normal annual report in September 2021.

Summary

The Taking Part Survey provides reliable national estimates of adult engagement with the arts, heritage, museums, libraries, digital and social networking and of barriers to engagement. The latest data cover the period April 2019 to March 2020.

• 1. Arts
• 2. Heritage
• 3. Museums and Galleries
• 4. Libraries
• 5. Internet Usage
• 6. Social Networking
• 7. Gambling and Lotteries
• 8. COVID-19
• 9. Annexes

Data tables for the Archive, Charitable Giving and Volunteering estimates can be found here:

• Archives
• Charitable Giving
• Volunteering

Fieldwork for the Taking Part survey was terminated before its intended end date due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. We do not expect that either the pandemic or reduced fieldwork has affected the accuracy of our estimates. A summary of the analysis of the possible effects of early termination of fieldwork can be found the Taking Part Year 15 https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/916246/Taking_Part_Technical_Report_2019_20.pdf" class="govuk-link">technical report

The previous Taking Part release was published on 19 September 2019, covering the period April 2018 to March 2019.

The pre-release access document above contains a list of ministers and officials who have received privileged early access to this release of Taking Part data. In line with best practice, the list has been kept to a minimum and those given access for briefing purposes had a maximum of 24 hours. Details on the pre-release access arrangements for this dataset are available in the accompanying material.

This release is published in accordance with the Code of Practice for Statistics (2018), as produced by the UK Statistics Authority. The Authority has the overall objective of promoting and safeguarding the production and publication of official statistics that serve the public good. It monitors and reports on all official statistics, and promotes good practice in this area.

The responsible statistician for this release is Alistair Rice. For enquiries on this release, contact takingpart@dcms.gov.uk.

Headline measures

Taking Part is a household survey in England that measures engagement with the cultural sectors. The sur

Background

Information was reported as correct by central government departments at 21 October 2011.

The Cabinet Office committed to begin quarterly publication of the number of open websites starting in the financial year 2011.

Definition of a website

The definition used of a website is a user-centric one. Something is counted as a separate website if it is active and either has a separate domain name or, when as a subdomain, the user cannot move freely between the subsite and parent site and there is no family likeness in the design. In other words, if the user experiences it as a separate site in their normal uses of browsing, search and interaction, it is counted as one.

Definition of a closed website

A website is considered closed when it ceases to be actively funded, run and managed by central government, either by packaging information and putting it in the right place for the intended audience on another website or digital channel, or by a third party taking and managing it and bearing the cost. Where appropriate, domains stay operational in order to redirect users to the http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/webarchive/" class="govuk-link">UK Government Website Archive.

Definition of the exemption process

The GOV.UK exemption process began with a web rationalisation of the government’s Internet estate to reduce the number of obsolete websites and to establish the scale of the websites that the government owns.

Exclusions from the central government list

Not included in the number or list are websites of public corporations as listed on the Office for National Statistics website, partnerships more than half-funded by private sector, charities and national museums. Specialist closed audience functions, such as the BIS Research Councils, BIS Sector Skills Councils and Industrial Training Boards, and the Defra Levy Boards and their websites, are not included in this data. The Ministry of Defence conducted their own rationalisation of MOD and the armed forces sites as an integral part of the Website Review; military sites belonging to a particular service are excluded from this dataset. Finally, those public bodies set up by Parliament and reporting directly to the Speaker’s Committee and only reporting through a ministerial government department for the purposes of enaction of legislation are also excluded (for example, the Electoral Commission and IPSA).

Inclusion under department name

Websites are listed under the department name for which the minister in HMG has responsibility, either directly through their departmental activities, or indirectly through being the minister reporting to Parliament for independent bodies set up by statute.

List of open websites

For re-usability, these are provided as Excel and CSV files.

The Participation Survey started in October 2021 and is the key evidence source on engagement for DCMS. It is a continuous push-to-web household survey of adults aged 16 and over in England.

The Participation Survey provides nationally representative estimates of physical and digital engagement with the arts, heritage, museums & galleries, libraries and archives, as well as engagement with tourism, major events, live sports and digital.

The Participation Survey is only asked of adults in England. Currently there is no harmonised survey or set of questions within the administrations of the UK. Data on participation in cultural sectors for the devolved administrations is available in the https://www.gov.scot/collections/scottish-household-survey/">Scottish Household Survey, https://gov.wales/national-survey-wales">National Survey for Wales and https://www.communities-ni.gov.uk/topics/statistics-and-research/culture-and-heritage-statistics">Northern Ireland Continuous Household Survey.

The pre-release access document above contains a list of ministers and officials who have received privileged early access to this release of Participation Survey data. In line with best practice, the list has been kept to a minimum and those given access for briefing purposes had a maximum of 24 hours. Details on the pre-release access arrangements for this dataset are available in the accompanying material.

Our statistical practice is regulated by the OSR. OSR sets the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the https://code.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/the-code/">Code of Practice for Statistics that all producers of official statistics should adhere to.

You are welcome to contact us directly with any comments about how we meet these standards by emailing evidence@dcms.gov.uk. Alternatively, you can contact OSR by emailing regulation@statistics.gov.uk or via the OSR website.

The responsible statisticians for this release is Donilia Asgill. For enquiries on this release, contact participationsurvey@dcms.gov.uk.

This publication summarises the concentrations of major air pollutants as measured by the Automatic Urban and Rural Network (AURN). This release covers annual average concentrations in the UK of:

• nitrogen dioxide (NO2)
• particulates (PM2.5)
• particulates (PM10)
• ozone (O3)

The release also covers the number of days when air pollution was ‘Moderate’ or higher for any one of five pollutants listed below:

• nitrogen dioxide (NO2)
• particulates (PM2.5)
• particulates (PM10)
• ozone (O3)
• sulphur dioxide (SO2)

These statistics are used to monitor progress against the UK’s reduction targets for concentrations of air pollutants. Improvements in air quality help reduce harm to human health and the environment.

Air quality in the UK is strongly linked to anthropogenic emissions of pollutants. For more information on UK emissions data and other information please refer to the air quality and emissions statistics GOV.UK page.

The statistics in this publication are based on data from the Automatic Urban and Rural Network (AURN) of air quality monitors. The https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/" class="govuk-link">UK-AIR website contains the latest air quality monitoring data for the UK and detailed information about the different monintoring networks that measure air quality. The website also hosts the latest data produced using Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) which is a suite of models that uses both monitoring and emissions data to model concentrations of air pollutants across the whole of the UK. The UK-AIR website also provides air pollution episode updates and information on Local Authority Air Quality Management Areas as well as a number of useful reports.

The monitoring data is continuously reviewed and subject to change when issues are highlighted. This means that the time series for certain statistics may vary slightly from year to year. You can access editions of this publication via The National Archives or the links below.

The datasets associated with this publication can be found here ENV02 - Air quality statistics.

As part of our ongoing commitment to compliance with the https://code.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/" class="govuk-link">Code of Practice for Official Statistics we wish to strengthen our engagement with users of air quality data and better understand how the data is used and the types of decisions that they inform. We invite users to https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=UCQKdycCYkyQx044U38RAvtqaLEKUSxHhjbo5C6dq4lUMFBZMUJMNDNCS0xOOExBSDdESVlHSEdHUi4u&route=shorturl" class="govuk-link">register as a “user of Air Quality data”, so that we can retain your details, inform you of any new releases of Air Quality statistics and provide you with the opportunity to take part in user engagement activities that we may run. If you would like to register as a user of Air Quality data, please provide your details in the attached https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=UCQKdycCYkyQx044U38RAvtqaLEKUSxHhjbo5C6dq4lUMFBZMUJMNDNCS0xOOExBSDdESVlHSEdHUi4u&route=shorturl" class="govuk-link">form.

2024

https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20250609165125/https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/air-quality-statistics" class="govuk-link">Air Quality Statistics in the UK, 1987 to 2023

2023

https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20230802031254/https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/air-quality-statistics" class="govuk-link">Air Quality Statistics in the UK, 1987 to 2022

2022

https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20230301015627/https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/air-quality-statistics" class="govuk-link">Air Quality Statistics in the UK, 1987 to 2021

2021

https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20211111164715/https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/air-quality-statistics" class="govuk-link">Air Quality Statistics in the UK, 1987 to 2020

2020

https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20201225100256/https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/air-quality-statistics" class="govuk-link">Air Quality Statistics in the UK, 1987 to 2019

2019

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Release date 17 June 2010

Period covered

April 2008 to April 2010

Geographic coverage

England

Geographic breakdown

Local Authority level data

Previous release date

17th December 2009

The previous release can be found http://www.culture.gov.uk/reference_library/publications/6530.aspx" class="govuk-link">in the UK government web archive.

Next release dates

• December 2010: Final assessment of progress for NI9 and 11 using data collected from October 2009 to October 2010
• June 2011: Interim data will be published for NI8 with final progress reported in December 2011 based on data collected in Active People 5.

National Indicator Set

In June 2008, local authorities agreed Local Area Agreements (LAAs) with Government and their partners. The LAAs include targets to improve public services and the quality of life for people living and working in the area. Local authorities chose 35 targets from a possible 198 in the National Indicator Set. The set was reduced to 188 in April 2008 and was reviewed again in April 2010, with the set reduced by a further 18 indicators. Indicator NI 10, visits to museums and galleries, was removed from the set leaving DCMS with three National Indicators (NIs) within the Set:

NI 8 Participation in sport and active recreation
NI 9 Use of public libraries
NI 11 Engagement in the arts

Data will continue to be collected on visits to museums and galleries and will be presented alongside the final assessment of National Indicators 9 and 11 in December 2010.

This report presents interim progress for those local authorities that selected National Indicator 8. Data published for County Councils and those authorities that have boosted samples will be based on Active People Survey data from the latest 12 month rolling period (April 2009 to April 2010). For the other authorities, the NI8 statistic will be based on the latest rolling 24 month period (April 2008 to April 2010) giving a sample size of 1000.

The report is accompanied by a workbook containing baseline and interim progress estimates for the indicator.

For details on NI 8, participation in sport and active recreation, please refer to http://www.sportengland.org/research/active_people_survey.aspx" class="govuk-link">Sport England’s website.

Link to report

• http://www.culture.gov.uk/images/publications/NI8-NationalIndicator-June_StatisticalRelease.pdf" class="govuk-link">National Indicators 8: Interim progress (PDF 44kb)
• http://www.culture.gov.uk/images/publications/NI8-NationalIndicator-June_StatisticalRelease.rtf" class="govuk-link">National Indicators 8: Interim progress (RTF 236kb)

Workbook

The estimates are available in the Excel workbook and will open in a new window. A map is also provided, showing participation across the unitary and district authorities of England.

• http://www.culture.gov.uk/images/research/National_Indicators_8-APS4-Q2.xls" class="govuk-link">National Indicators 8: Dataset XLS (153kb)

Map showing sporting participation by local authority

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Pre-release access

The document below contains a list of DCMS Ministers and Officials who have received privileged early access to this release of Active People survey data. In line with best practice, the list has been kept to a minimum and those given access for briefing purposes had a maximum of 24 hours.
http://www.culture.gov.uk/images/research/EarlyAccessforBriefingJune2010.pdf" class="govuk-link">Pre-release access list (PDF 10kb)

The UK Statistics Authority

This release is published in accordance with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics (2009), as produced by the UK Statistics Authority (UKSA). The UKSA has the overall objective of promoting and safeguarding the production and publication of official statistics that serve the public good. It monitors and reports on all official statistics, and promotes good practice in this area.