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/">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.

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These family food datasets contain more detailed information than the ‘Family Food’ report and mainly provide statistics from 2001 onwards. The UK household purchases and the UK household expenditure spreadsheets include statistics from 1974 onwards. These spreadsheets are updated annually when a new edition of the ‘Family Food’ report is published.

The ‘purchases’ spreadsheets give the average quantity of food and drink purchased per person per week for each food and drink category. The ‘nutrient intake’ spreadsheets give the average nutrient intake (e.g. energy, carbohydrates, protein, fat, fibre, minerals and vitamins) from food and drink per person per day. The ‘expenditure’ spreadsheets give the average amount spent in pence per person per week on each type of food and drink. Several different breakdowns are provided in addition to the UK averages including figures by region, income, household composition and characteristics of the household reference person.

UK (updated with new FYE 2024 data)

• https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/68ff9d2949d08dd781b48387/UKHHcons_6Nov25.ods">UK - household purchases (ODS, 285 KB)
• https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/68ff9d4da50917eae8b48389/UKEOCons_6Nov25.ods">UK - eating out purchases (ODS, 148 KB)
• https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/68ff9d69394b8c2a6ddf5dc1/UKExp_6Nov25.ods">UK - expenditure (ODS, 288 KB)

countries and regions (CR) (updated with new FYE 2024 data)

• https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6900b929ab5cc9c8937994af/ConsGORHH_6Nov25.ods">CR - household purchases (ODS, 1.95 MB)
• https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6900b94ca6048928d3fc2b07/ConsGOREO_6Nov25.ods">CR - eating out purchases (ODS, 1.73 MB)
• https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6900ba0fab5cc9c8937994b3/ExpGOR_6Nov25.ods">CR - expenditure (ODS, 2.07 MB)

equivalised income decile group (EID) (updated with new FYE 2024 data)

• https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6900b833b5b9ff4331fc2b11/ConsEIDEO_6Nov25.ods">EID - eating out purchases (ODS, 1.34 MB)
• https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6900b0b2a6048928d3fc2b03/ConsEIDHH_6Nov25.ods">EID - household purchases (ODS, 1.55 MB)
• https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6900b99bab5cc9c8937994b2/ExpEID_6Nov25.ods">EID - expenditure (<abbr title="OpenDocument Spreadsheet" class="gem-c-attachment-l

This statistical data set includes information on education and training participation and achievements broken down into a number of reports including sector subject areas, participation by gender, age, ethnicity, disability participation.

It also includes data on offender learning.

Academic year 2019 to 2020 (reported to date)

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The table below lists links to ad hoc statistical analyses on the Taking Part survey that have not been included in our standard publications.

The Home Office has changed the format of the published data tables for a number of areas (asylum and resettlement, entry clearance visas, extensions, citizenship, returns, detention, and sponsorship). These now include summary tables, and more detailed datasets (available on a separate page, link below). A list of all available datasets on a given topic can be found in the ‘Contents’ sheet in the ‘summary’ tables. Information on where to find historic data in the ‘old’ format is in the ‘Notes’ page of the ‘summary’ tables.

The Home Office intends to make these changes in other areas in the coming publications. If you have any feedback, please email MigrationStatsEnquiries@homeoffice.gov.uk.

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Asylum and resettlement

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/61962cfce90e0704478a9c6f/asylum-summary-sep-2021-tables.ods">Asylum and resettlement summary tables, year ending September 2021 (ODS, 81 KB)

Detailed asylum and resettlement datasets

Sponsorship

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6194d952e90e07043c35f2e4/sponsorship-summary-sep-2021-tables.ods">Sponsorship summary tables, year ending September 2021 (ODS, 45.5 KB)

Detailed sponsorship datasets

Entry clearance visas granted outside the UK

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6194d97ee90e0704423dbe87/visas-summary-sep-2021-tables.ods">Entry clearance visas summary tables, year ending September 2021 (ODS, 47.8 KB)

Detailed entry clearance visas datasets

Passenger arrivals (admissions)

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6193db468fa8f5037b09c558/passenger-arrivals-admissions-summary-sep-2021-tables.ods">Passenger arrivals (admissions) summary tables, year ending September 2021 (ODS, 38.4 KB)

Detailed Passengers initially stopped at the border datasets

Extensions

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This report details information on the regulated scientific procedures involving living animals carried out in the calendar year, including number of procedures, species and genetic status of animals, and purpose and severity of procedures. For more information see the ‘User guide to Home Office statistics of scientific procedures on living animals’.

If you have any queries about this release, please email HOAIStatisticalTransformation@homeoffice.gov.uk.

The report sets out an analysis of statistical data relating to food security, fulfilling the duty in the Agriculture Act 2020 to present a report on food security to Parliament at least once every three years. The UKFSR examines past, current, and predicted trends relevant to food security to present the best available understanding of food security.

The next report will be published towards the end of 2024. Some statistics included in the UKSFR are updated more frequently, for example in the Food statistics in your pocket publication.

Contact and feedback

You can also contact us via Twitter: @DefraStats

List of the data tables as part of the Immigration system statistics Home Office release. Summary and detailed data tables covering the immigration system, including out-of-country and in-country visas, asylum, detention, and returns.

If you have any feedback, please email MigrationStatsEnquiries@homeoffice.gov.uk.

Accessible file formats

The Microsoft Excel .xlsx files may not be suitable for users of assistive technology.
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Passenger arrivals

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/69959366af0772e74df8d2f9/passenger-arrivals-summary-dec-2025-tables.ods">Passenger arrivals summary tables, year ending December 2025 (ODS, 31.9 KB)

Electronic travel authorisation

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6995909aa58a315dbe72bf02/electronic-travel-authorisation-datasets-dec-2025.xlsx">Electronic travel authorisation detailed datasets, year ending December 2025 (MS Excel Spreadsheet, 58.6 KB)
ETA_D01: Applications for electronic travel authorisations, by nationality ETA_D02: Outcomes of applications for electronic travel authorisations, by nationality

Entry clearance visas granted outside the UK

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6996f283a58a315dbe72bfea/visas-summary-dec-2025-tables.ods">Entry clearance visas summary tables, year ending December 2025 (ODS, 58.7 KB)

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/699590deaf0772e74df8d2f5/entry-clearance-visa-outcomes-datasets-dec-2025.xlsx">Entry clearance visa applications and outcomes detailed datasets, year ending December 2025 (MS Excel Spreadsheet, 29.2 MB)
Vis_D01: Entry clearance visa applications, by nationality and visa type
Vis_D02: Outcomes of entry clearance visa applications, by nationality, visa type, and outcome

Additional data relating to in country and overseas Vis

This annual publication provides an overview of agriculture in the UK. It contains an extensive range of data including farm incomes, land use, livestock numbers, prices, production of key commodities (eg wheat, milk, vegetables), overseas trade, organic farming and the environment. The information is used widely by government, industry, researchers and other stakeholders to support policy monitoring and development.

Agriculture in the United Kingdom datasets.

Next update: see the statistics release calendar

This annual publication provides a round-up of statistics on food covering the economic, social and environmental aspects of the food we eat (excluding agriculture). It contains sections on:

• the food chain
• prices and expenditure
• global and UK supply

Accompanying data sets and data sources

The information in the pocketbook comes from previously published government surveys run by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and a wide range of other sources including government agencies and commercial organisations. The publication carries the National Statistics logo but is a combination of National Statistics and other statistics. Those which are National Statistics are identified as being so. Data quality varies among the many data sources and where possible an indication is included in bullet points. For more information see the data set that accompanies each chapter of the main publication.

Data uses

Researchers put this data to a wide range of uses spanning from informing decisions on the general public’s choices through to local food policy making. It is often used for statistics on the food industry, on food prices, on balance of diet, international comparisons and food production to supply ratio.

Next update: see the statistics release calendar

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HTML format

We’ve published this year’s food statistics pocketbook as a HTML publication. We would like your feedback on this new approach and if you think there is anything we can improve? You can contact us via email or Twitter.

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Quarterly and annual reports and data tables of the Participation Survey can be found in our standard publications.

Geographic coverage: England.

These documents include performance data related to migration and borders and data that has been regularly requested from the Home Office by the Home Affairs Select Committee.

Data relating to HM Passport Office is now found in Passports, Citizenship and Civil Registration.

General statistics on immigration are in the Migration statistics collection.

Border Force

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/699c0bf2047739fe61889f1e/border-force-transparency-data-oct-dec-2025.ods">Border Force transparency data: October to December 2025 (ODS, 208 KB)
This data table provides data on Border Force activities. It includes data on the clearance of passengers at the border within published service standards, as well as seizures of drugs, firearms and offensive weapons and items seized under the Convention of International Trade of Endangered Species (CITES). It also includes data on the amount of tax revenue that is protected through detecting alcohol and tobacco, carrier liaison data and annual unit cost data for processing passengers at the border.

UK Visas and Immigration

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/699c0d78a58a315dbe72c0fb/customer-service-operations-data-oct-dec-2025.ods">Customer service operations data: October to December 2025 (ODS, 59.8 KB)
This data table provides data on intake and performance against service standard in relation to replies to MP written correspondence for UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI), Immigration Enforcement, Border Force and HM Passport Office. It also includes data on performance against service standard in relation to replies to customer complaints for UKVI, Immigration Enforcement and Border Force and UKVI applicant experience survey results.

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/69a039c73e672177d0bc7716/immigration-and-protection-data-oct-dec-2025.xlsx">Immigration and protection data: October to December 2025 (MS Excel Spreadsheet, 1.53 MB)
This data table provides data on the quarterly and annual asylum related performance data, including the percentage of initial decisions within 6 months, the size and age of initial decisions that remain outstanding (work in progress – WIP), productivity rates, decision quality and the cost of processing an asylum application. Also included is data on appeal representation rates, human rights applications, change of conditions (no recourse to public funds), fee waivers, citizenship deprivation orders and the older live cases unit.

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/699f2dad6457311dafbbcd07/asylum-support-data-oct-dec-2025.ods">Asylum Support data: October to December 2025 (ODS, 712 KB)
This data table (formerly Resettlement, Asylum Support and Integration) provides data on transfers of children under the national transfer scheme, applications for support (section 4 and section 95), and the volume of travel document applic

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About

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

Revisions

Amendment on 6 December 2017: This publication has been revised since it was first published on 28th September 2017 following the discovery of two minor errors. The revisions affect the frequency of engagement with the arts and frequency of use of public library services. More details are provided in the revised report and associated Arts and Libraries tables.

Released

28 September 2017

Period covered

April 2016 to March 2017

Geographic coverage

National and Regional level data for England

Next release date

A series of “Taking Part, Focus on…” reports will be published in October 2017. Each ‘short story’ in this series will look at a specific topic in more detail, providing more in-depth analysis of the 2016/17 Taking Part data.

Summary

The Taking Part Survey provides reliable national estimates of adult engagement with the arts, heritage, museums, archives and libraries. The latest data cover the period April 2016 to March 2017.

The report also looks at some of the other statistics from the Taking Part Survey, including digital engagement with culture, volunteering and charitable giving, and First World War Commemorations.

Statistical worksheets

These spreadsheets contain the data and sample sizes to support the material in this release.

Previous releases

The previous adult biannual Taking Part release was published on 31 January 2017 and the previous adult Taking Part annual release was published on 21 July 2016. Both releases also provide spreadsheets containing the data and sample sizes for each sector included in the survey. A series of short story reports was published on 26 April 2017.

Pre-release access

The 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.

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. 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 latest figures in this release are based on data that was first published on 28 September 2017. Details on the pre-release access arrangements for this dataset are available in the accompanying material for the previous release.

The responsible statistician for this release is Alison Reynolds. For enquiries on this release, contact Alison Reynolds on 020 7211 6776 or Olivia Christophersen on 020 7211 2377.

For any further queries contact them or the Taking Part team at takingpart@culture.gov.uk.

Immigration statistics, year ending June 2021: data tables.

This release presents immigration statistics from Home Office administrative sources, covering the period up to the end of June 2021. It includes data on the topics of:

• work
• study
• family
• passenger arrivals and visitors
• asylum
• extensions of stay
• settlement
• citizenship
• detention
• returns

Further information

User Guide to Home Office Immigration Statistics
Policy and legislative changes affecting migration to the UK: timeline
Developments in migration statistics
Publishing detailed datasets in Immigration statistics

A range of key input and impact indicators are currently published by the Home Office on the Migration transparency data webpage.

If you have feedback or questions, our email address is MigrationStatsEnquiries@homeoffice.gov.uk.

HMRC has developed an open data strategy, a detailed document laying out plans to publish information in a linkable and re-usable format.

As part of this initiative, the Department has also released the Data Catalogue, an inventory of the datasets HMRC holds and processes.

The catalogue is a refresh of the information released in the transparency implementation plan.

The security markings, entered on the Data Catalogue spreadsheet, are defined on the Government Security Classifications page and more specifically in the Working with Official information leaflet.

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">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 survey data is widely used by policy officials, practitioners, academics and charities. This report presents the latest headline estimates of adult (16+) engagement for the year April 2019 to March 2020.

In 2019/20, the following proportions of adults had engaged with cultural ac

Listing of the data tables included in ‘Immigration statistics, year ending December 2018’.

Data is in yearly or quarterly divisions.

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https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67077d29080bdf716392f0f0/fire-statistics-data-tables-fire1101-191023.xlsx">FIRE1101: Staff in post employed by fire and rescue authorities by headcount and full time equivalent by role and fire and rescue authority (19 October 2023) (MS Excel Spreadsheet, 646 KB)

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/652d1e9f697260000dccf85e/fire-statistics-data-tables-fire1101-201022.xlsx">FIRE1101: Staff in post employed by fire and rescue authorities by headcount and full time equivalent by role and fire and rescue authority (20 October 2022) (MS Excel Spreadsheet, 576 KB)

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/634e7863d3bf7f618aaa309c/fire-statistics-data-tables-fire1101-211021.xlsx">FIRE1101: Staff in post employed by fire and rescue authorities by headcount and full time equivalent by role and fire and rescue authority (21 October 2021) (MS Excel Spreadsheet, 557 KB)

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6169996de90e0719771829c8/fire-statistics-data-tables-fire1101-221020.xlsx">FIRE1101: Staff in post employed by fire and rescue authorities by headcount and full time equivalent by role and fire and rescue authority (22 October 2020) (MS Excel Spreadsheet, 521 KB)

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5f85ca7b8fa8f5170cac8c02/fire-statistics-data-tables-fire1101-311019.xlsx">FIRE1101: Staff in post employed by fire and rescue authorities by headcount and full time equivalent by role and fire and rescue authority (31 October 2019) (MS Excel Spreadsheet, 478 KB)

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5db6f9b3ed915d1d05dfb775/fire-statistics-data-tables-fire1101-181018.xlsx">FIRE1101: Staff in post employed by fire and rescue authorities by headcount and full time equivalent by role and fire and rescue authority (18 October 2018) (MS Excel Spreadsheet, 459 KB)

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5bb4dacae5274a4f51903e35/fire-statistics-data-tables-fire1101.xlsx">FIRE1101: Staff in post employed by fire and rescue authorities by headcount and full time equivalent by role and fire and rescue authority (26 October 2017) (MS Excel Spreadsheet, 304 KB)

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Statistics on the extent of the green belt in England.

In addition to the annex tables, a https://data.gov.uk/dataset/english-local-authority-green-belt-dataset1">geographic boundary (shape) file setting out green belt area boundaries as at 31 March 2016 is available.