This information covers fires, false alarms and other incidents attended by fire crews, and the statistics include the numbers of incidents, fires, fatalities and casualties as well as information on response times to fires. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) also collect information on the workforce, fire prevention work, health and safety and firefighter pensions. All data tables on fire statistics are below.

MHCLG has responsibility for fire services in England. The vast majority of data tables produced by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government are for England but some (0101, 0103, 0201, 0501, 1401) tables are for Great Britain split by nation. In the past the Department for Communities and Local Government (who previously had responsibility for fire services in England) produced data tables for Great Britain and at times the UK. Similar information for devolved administrations are available at https://www.firescotland.gov.uk/about/statistics/">Scotland: Fire and Rescue Statistics, https://statswales.gov.wales/Catalogue/Community-Safety-and-Social-Inclusion/Community-Safety">Wales: Community safety and https://www.nifrs.org/home/about-us/publications/">Northern Ireland: Fire and Rescue Statistics.

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Incidents attended

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/686d2aa22557debd867cbe14/FIRE0101.xlsx">FIRE0101: Incidents attended by fire and rescue services by nation and population (MS Excel Spreadsheet, 153 KB) Previous FIRE0101 tables

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/686d2ab52557debd867cbe15/FIRE0102.xlsx">FIRE0102: Incidents attended by fire and rescue services in England, by incident type and fire and rescue authority (MS Excel Spreadsheet, 2.19 MB) Previous FIRE0102 tables

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/686d2aca10d550c668de3c69/FIRE0103.xlsx">FIRE0103: Fires attended by fire and rescue services by nation and population (MS Excel Spreadsheet, 201 KB) Previous FIRE0103 tables

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/686d2ad92557debd867cbe16/FIRE0104.xlsx">FIRE0104: Fire false alarms by reason for false alarm, England (MS Excel Spreadsheet, 492 KB) Previous FIRE0104 tables

Dwelling fires attended

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/686d2af42cfe301b5fb6789f/FIRE0201.xlsx">FIRE0201: Dwelling fires attended by fire and rescue services by motive, population and nation (MS Excel Spreadsheet, 192 KB) Previous FIRE0201 tables

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This page lists ad-hoc statistics released during the period January - March 2021. 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.

January 2021 - Employment in DCMS sectors by socio-economic background: July 2020 to September 2020

This analysis provides estimates of employment in DCMS sectors based on socio-economic background, using the Labour Force Survey (LFS) for July 2020 to September 2020. The LFS asks respondents the job of main earner at age 14, and then matches this to a socio-economic group.

Revision note:

25 September 2024: Employment in DCMS sectors by socio-economic background: July to September 2020 data has been revised and re-published here: DCMS Economic Estimates: Employment, April 2023 to March 2024

February 2021 - GVA by industries in DCMS clusters, 2019

This analysis provides the Gross Value Added (GVA) in 2019 for DCMS clusters and for Civil Society. The figures show that in 2019, the DCMS Clusters contributed £291.9 bn to the UK economy, accounting for 14.8% of UK GVA (expressed in current prices). The largest cluster was Digital, which added £116.3 bn in GVA in 2019, and the smallest was Gambling (£8.3 bn).

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March 2021 - Provisional monthly Gross Value Added for DCMS sectors in 2019 and 2020

This analysis provides provisional estimates of Gross Value Added (adjusted for inflation) for DCMS sectors (excluding Civil Society) for every month in 2019 and 2020. These timely estimates should only be used to illustrate general trends, rather than be taken as definitive figures. These figures will not be as accurate as our annual National Statistics release of gross value added for DCMS sectors (which will be published in Winter 2021).

We estimate that the gross value added of DCMS sectors (excluding Civil Society) shrank by 18% in real terms for March to December 2020 (a loss of £41 billion), compared to the same period in 2019. By sector this varied from -5% (Telecoms) to -37% (Tourism). In comparison, the UK economy as a whole shrank by 11%.

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

The Community Life Survey collects information about the wellbeing of adults (16+).

In October 2018, the Prime Minister launched the government’s first loneliness strategy for England. This statistical release presents the most recent headline findings on levels of loneliness, as well as support networks and social networks.

The Community Life Survey uses the Government Statistical Service (GSS) harmonised principle of loneliness and wellbeing. The estimates presented here are therefore comparable with other surveys that use this principle. However we advise taking caution when comparing measures from different surveys because differences in the methodology (e.g. mode/sampling approach) will all affect estimates. Other statistical data sets that use this definition, and therefore have comparative data, are available from the https://gss.civilservice.gov.uk/policy-store/loneliness-indicators/" class="govuk-link">GSS guidance page. In Annex C there are details of further surveys that have adopted the Government Statistical Service harmonised principles of loneliness and Wellbeing.

Headline Measures – 2020/21

• Average scores for life satisfaction, the extent to how worthwhile the respondent felt things in their life were and happiness have decreased since 2019/20.

• Life satisfaction score was 6.9 (out of 10) in 2020/21, a decrease from 7.0 in 2019/20.

• How happy people felt yesterday decreased from 7.0 (out of 10) in 2019/20 to 6.8 in 2020/21. This has trended downwards from 7.2 in 2015/16.

• Whether people felt the things they did were worthwhile decreased to 7.1 (out of 10) in 2020/21 from 7.3 in 2020/21.

• How anxious people felt yesterday at the time of survey completion averaged at 3.8 (out of 10), which was in line with the figure in 2019/20. This figure has trended upwards from 2015/16 where it was 3.3.

• 6% of respondents (approximately 3 million people in England) said they felt lonely often/always. This is in line with reported loneliness from 2019/20.

• Loneliness was higher for 16-24 year olds, the most deprived and those with a long term limiting illness or disability.

• An indirect loneliness composite score was produced which found significantly higher loneliness scores for those with a long term limiting illness or disability compared to those without.

Further Data

• https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/wellbeing/articles/measuresofnationalwellbeingdashboard/2018-04-25" class="govuk-link">Measures of National Wellbeing Dashboard, which monitors and reports on multiple wellbeing measures.

• Chapter 1 of the Community Life Survey provides estimates on support networks and methods of communicating with friends and family.

• In December 2020, DCMS published the second ’Community Life Survey: Focus on Loneliness’. This used data from the 2019/20 survey, giving more detailed breakdowns by demographics and looking at the link between loneliness and other measures from the survey, such as volunteering and community engagement.

• In June 2020, the Office for National Statistics released a paper titled “https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/wellbeing/bulletins/coronavirusandlonelinessgreatbritain/3aprilto3may2020" class="govuk-link">Coronavirus and Loneliness, Great Britain”, which gives an overview of how different groups of people experienced loneliness during the COVID-19 Pandemic. A number of other studies of the effect of the Coronavirus pandemic on loneliness have been published. These include the https://www.covidsocialstudy.org/" class="govuk-link">COVID Social Study (conducted by University College London), and the ONS publication https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/wellbeing/articles/mappinglonelinessduringthecoronaviruspandemic/2021-04-07" class="govuk-link">Mapping Loneliness during the coronavirus pandemic.

This page lists ad-hoc statistics released during the period October to December 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.

October 2020 - Taking Part: Lotteries request

This piece of analysis covers:

1. The proportion of adults who had played a National Lottery Game, who also had played any society lotteries in the last 12 months
2. The proportion of adults who had played a Society Lottery Game, who also had played any National Lottery game in the last 12 months.

Here is a link to the lotteries and gambling page for the annual Taking Part survey.

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October 2020 - Community Life Survey: Loneliness request

This piece of analysis covers how often people feel they lack companionship, feel left out and feel isolated. This analysis also provides demographic breakdowns of the loneliness indicators.

Here is a link to the wellbeing and loneliness page for the annual Community Life survey.

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

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