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TwitterReleased: 22 November 2018 Next Release: February 2019 Frequency of release: Quarterly Coverage: England and Wales
This release includes statistics relating to checks and challenges under the new Check Challenge Appeal (CCA) system used for the 2017 rating list in England.
This release also contains statistics on challenges against, and changes made to, the 2010 rating lists for England and Wales and challenges against the 2017 rating list for Wales only up to 30 September 2018. Statistics on reviews of (changes to) the 2017 rating list for England and Wales are also included.
Note: This release includes a correction of two numbers in Table 2.1 of Checks, Challenges and Changes against the 2017 Local Rating List, England. A production error resulted in an incorrect number of checks registered in September 2018 and an incorrect number of checks registered to date. No other statistics were impacted by this error.
These statistics will be expanded in future releases depending on user needs, and data availability and quality. There will be an update of the full publication in February 2019.
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The statistics published on 30 May 2019 are now labelled as provisional statistics.
Our current methodology is to take a data extract from the Valuation Office Agency’s operational database at a particular date to capture all of the challenges and changes recorded in the financial year at that point in time. The provisional statistics used data on all challenges and changes recorded on VOA computer systems at 31 March 2019. However, as noted previously there may be some delays in the processing of information resulting in some cases not being recorded until after the end of the financial year. Therefore, to take account of this all statistics within this release have been updated using data on challenges and changes as at 30 June 2019. The statistics published on 19 September 2019 are now labelled as revised statistics.
Update: 30 May 2019
As part of our drive to improve the quality of our Official Statistics publications, we are currently reviewing the methodology for these series and we wanted to inform users of this. As set out on in our background information note our current methodology is to take an extract at a particular date for each of the publication years which captures all of the Challenges and Changes recorded in that year at a point in time but that there may be delays in the processing of information on the VOA computer system.
We are currently exploring an improved methodology that better reflects these delays. We are planning on publishing tables under the new methodology in autumn 2019 and until then we are marking our current statistics as provisional.
This release provides statistics on the challenges against entries in the Council Tax valuation lists for England (1993) and Wales (2005), including the reasons and outcomes of the challenges; it also provides statistics on changes to the Council Tax valuation lists. This is the fourth time the VOA has published information on the number of challenges received and the number outstanding.
Statistics are published at national, regional and local authority level.
The figures are derived from data for England and Wales, taken from the VOA’s administrative database as at 31 March 2018.
Counts are rounded to the nearest 10 with counts fewer than five but greater than zero reported as negligible and denoted by ‘-‘. Totals may not sum due to rounding.
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TwitterThis statistic displays the public concerns about deforestation n the United Kingdom (UK) in 2018. Of those surveyed, just under ** percent showed concern about deforestation, whilst just two percent claimed they were not concerned at all.
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United Kingdom Number of New Issues: UK data was reported at 9.000 Unit in Oct 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 2.000 Unit for Sep 2018. United Kingdom Number of New Issues: UK data is updated monthly, averaging 4.000 Unit from Jan 2018 (Median) to Oct 2018, with 10 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 15.000 Unit in Mar 2018 and a record low of 2.000 Unit in Sep 2018. United Kingdom Number of New Issues: UK data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by London Stock Exchange. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United Kingdom – Table UK.Z012: London Stock Exchange: Number of Issues and Cancellations.
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United Kingdom Capital Issues: GBP: Issues: Total data was reported at 13,372.000 GBP mn in Oct 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 14,116.000 GBP mn for Sep 2018. United Kingdom Capital Issues: GBP: Issues: Total data is updated monthly, averaging 13,088.500 GBP mn from Jan 2003 (Median) to Oct 2018, with 190 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 129,347.000 GBP mn in Dec 2008 and a record low of 4,086.000 GBP mn in Aug 2018. United Kingdom Capital Issues: GBP: Issues: Total data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bank of England. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United Kingdom – Table UK.KB056: Capital Issuance: GBP.
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AimsThe aim of the study was to evaluate the prevalence and temporal trend of common mental health problems (CMHPs) in the UK by industrial classification from 2012–2014 to 2016–2018 while evaluating the corresponding gender disparities.MethodsWe used data from the Health Survey for England. CMPH was judged by a 12-item General Health Questionnaire. Industrial classifications were defined using the UK Standard Industrial Classification of Economic Activities. Data were fitted by the logistic models.ResultsIn this study, 19,581 participants covering 20 industries were included. In total, 18.8% of participants screened positive for CMHP in 2016–2018, which significantly increased from 16.0% in 2012–2014 [adjusted OR (AOR) = 1.17, 95% CI 1.08–1.27]. In 2016–2018, the prevalence of CMHP ranged from 6.2% in the industry of mining and quarrying to 23.8% in the industry of accommodation and food service activities. From 2012–2014 to 2016–2018, none of the 20 industries studied experienced significant decreases in the above prevalence; conversely, three industries saw significant increases, including wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles (AOR for trend = 1.32, 95% CI 1.04–1.67), construction (AOR for trend = 1.66, 95% CI 1.23–2.24), and other service activities, which cannot be classified (AOR for trend = 1.94, 95% CI 1.06–3.55). In total, 11 of the 20 industries studied had significant gender disparities against women, with the smallest gap being in the industry of transport and storage (AOR = 1.47, 95% CI 1.09–2.0) and the highest in the industry of arts, entertainment, and recreation (AOR = 6.19, 95% CI 2.94–13.03). From 2012–2014 to 2016–2018, gender disparities were narrowed only in two industries, including human health and social work activities (AOR for trend = 0.45, 95% CI 0.27–0.74), and transport and storage (AOR for trend = 0.5, 95% CI 0.27–0.91).ConclusionThe prevalence of CMHPs has increased and had a wide variation across industries in the UK. There were disparities against women, and the gender disparities have been keeping almost no improvement from 2012–2014 to 2016–2018.
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United Kingdom Number of New Issues: Introductions & Others data was reported at 3.000 Unit in Oct 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 0.000 Unit for Sep 2018. United Kingdom Number of New Issues: Introductions & Others data is updated monthly, averaging 2.000 Unit from Jan 2018 (Median) to Oct 2018, with 10 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 6.000 Unit in Mar 2018 and a record low of 0.000 Unit in Sep 2018. United Kingdom Number of New Issues: Introductions & Others data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by London Stock Exchange. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United Kingdom – Table UK.Z012: London Stock Exchange: Number of Issues and Cancellations.
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TwitterDisplayed in this statistic is a distribution of mental health problem types that patients were newly diagnosed with in the UK armed forces in 2018/19. While over *** thousand patients were diagnosed with mood disorders, almost *** thousand patients were affected by neurotic disorders during their service in 2018/19.
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This report presents a range of information on smoking which is drawn together from a variety of sources. The report aims to present a broad picture of health issues relating to smoking in England and covers topics such as smoking prevalence, habits, behaviours and attitudes among adults and school children, smoking-related ill health and mortality and smoking-related costs.
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TwitterThis annual collection is a count of written complaints made by (or on behalf of) patients, received between 1 April 2018 and 31 March 2019 . Data is published at national, regional, organisational and site/practice levels (where appropriate)
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United Kingdom Number of Further Issues: International data was reported at 6.000 Unit in Nov 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 12.000 Unit for Oct 2018. United Kingdom Number of Further Issues: International data is updated monthly, averaging 6.000 Unit from Jan 2018 (Median) to Nov 2018, with 11 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 12.000 Unit in Oct 2018 and a record low of 0.000 Unit in Jan 2018. United Kingdom Number of Further Issues: International data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by London Stock Exchange. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United Kingdom – Table UK.Z012: London Stock Exchange: Number of Issues and Cancellations.
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TwitterImmigration was seen by 55 percent of people in the UK as one of the top three issues facing the country in November 2025. The economy was the second-most important issue for voters this month, ahead of health as a distant third. These three issues have consistently been identified as the most important issues for voters. Labour's popularity continues to sink in 2025 Despite winning the 2024 general election with a strong majority, the new Labour government has had its share of struggles since coming to power. Shortly after taking office, the approval rating for Labour stood at -2 percent, but this fell throughout the second half of 2024, and by January 2025 had sunk to a new low of -47 percent. Although this was still higher than the previous government's last approval rating of -56 percent, it is nevertheless a severe review from the electorate. Among several decisions from the government, arguably the least popular was the government withdrawing winter fuel payments. This state benefit, previously paid to all pensioners, is now only paid to those on low incomes, with millions of pensioners not receiving this payment in winter 2024. Sunak's pledges fail to prevent defeat in 2024 With an election on the horizon, and the Labour Party consistently ahead in the polls, addressing voter concerns directly was one of the best chances the Conservatives had of staying in power in 2023. At the start of that year, Rishi Sunak attempted to do this by setting out his five pledges for the next twelve months; halve inflation, grow the economy, reduce national debt, cut NHS waiting times, and stop small boats. A year later, Sunak had at best only partial success in these aims. Although the inflation rate fell, economic growth was weak and even declined in the last two quarters of 2023, although it did return to growth in early 2024. National debt was only expected to fall in the mid to late 2020s, while the trend of increasing NHS waiting times did not reverse. Small boat crossings were down from 2022, but still higher than in 2021 or 2020. .
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This dataset contains the answers gathered from the 806 participants who successfully finished an on-line survey on risk perception of environment-associated risks. The survey was launched on the 15th of February 2018 and ran for five days. The survey contained best worst scaling (BWS) to understand people's perceptions to certain risks. In this study sixteen risks were included in the BWS including four air-, food- and waterborne illnesses and twelve other hazards. The BWS was run in two blocks to consider two factors: first the respondents selected which risk they fear the most/least and in the second block they selected the risk they believed they had the most/least control. The survey also contained a detailed questionnaire on the participants eating habits and health status. Participants were also asked about their knowledge on enteric pathogens and whether they have ever sought or would consider seeking advice on the symptoms. Respondents were also asked whether they have experienced the hazards described in the BWS and whether they have done anything to reduce the risks in their life. The data were collected to gather information on people perceptions on environment-associated risks. This was done to understand the common knowledge on environment-associated pollutants and enlighten issues regarding risk management and mitigation. The data were collected as part of the VIRAQUA project was funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) under the Environmental Microbiology and Human Health (EMHH) Programme (NE/M010996/1).
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TwitterThis statistic displays the issues that are caused by climate change globally according to residents in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2018. Weather issues were the most common effects of climate change according the the respondents. ** percent of respondents feel that increased extreme weather in the UK is caused by climate change now or in the future.
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TwitterThis quarterly collection is a count of written complaints made by (or on behalf of) patients, received between 1 July 2018 and 30 September 2018. This information is classified as experimental. Data is published at national, regional and organisational levels for HCHS KO41a organisations.
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Estimates of past experiences of housing difficulties, in the UK in 2018, the extent, causes, methods of exit, current situations and factors most strongly associated with experience of housing difficulties.
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This publication provides the most timely statistics available relating to NHS funded secondary mental health, learning disabilities and autism services in England. This information will be of use to people needing access to information quickly for operational decision making and other purposes. These statistics are derived from submissions made using version 2.0 of the Mental Health Services Dataset (MHSDS). NHS Digital review the quality and completeness of the submissions used to create these statistics on an ongoing basis. More information about this work can be found in the Accuracy and reliability section of this report. Fully detailed information on the quality and completeness of particular statistics in this release is not available due to the timescales involved in reviewing submissions and engaging with data providers. The information that has been obtained at the time of publication is made available in the Provider Feedback sections of the Data Quality Reports which accompany this release. Information gathered after publication is released in future editions of this publication series. More detailed information on the quality and completeness of these statistics and a summary of how these statistics may be interpreted is made available later in our Mental Health Bulletin: Annual Report publication series. All elements of this publication, other editions of this publication series, and related annual publication series' can be found in the Related Links below. The Mental Health Data Hub was launched In February 2018; the hub brings together information on mental health data into a single place and contains visualisations and time series of select data from within this publication. The hub is available here: https://digital.nhs.uk/data-tools-and-services/services/mental-health-data-hub. Included in this months publication is a further exploratory perinatal report. This exploratory analysis is an analysis of women in contact with mental health services who were new or expectant mothers between January 2017 and December 2017. Please note, the Quarter 4 Children and Young People Receiving Second Contact With Services measure will not be included in the June 2018 publication. A validation of this data is currently underway; we expect statistics for the full 2017/18 financial year to be published in the July 2018 publication. MHSDS Monthly: Final January to March 2018 Mental Health Services Selected NHS England Measures Reference Tables has been updated with an additional note, no values have changed. A revised version of Bed days on adult wards for people aged 0-17 and Number of people aged 0-17 on adult wards is available on our supplementary information pages; this file adjusts the measures for known data quality issues to produce the most accurate information possible. A correction has been made to this publication on 10 September 2018. This amendment relates to statistics in the monthly CSV data file; the specific measures effected are listed in the “Corrected Measures” CSV. All listed measures have now been corrected. NHS Digital apologises for any inconvenience caused.
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TwitterThis statistic shows the most important challenges small and medium enterprise (SME) face in the United Kingdom (UK) from February 2016 to January 2018. From the responding SMEs in January 2018, 79 percent stated that their most important challenge was attracting new customers and 27 percent the uncertainty over the economic conditions to be a challenge.