This listing is designed to provide an initial contact point for those seeking statistical briefing or advice in the following areas and, in some cases, links to other homepages containing relevant statistics.
The Department’s statisticians have a wide range of responsibilities. They provide advice and briefing to Ministers and policy divisions on macro-economic, industry, energy, trade, employment relations, and small firms statistics. This includes advice on statistical methodology and on the conduct of surveys. The main data sources for the Department’s statisticians are the range of economic, trade and industry statistics collected by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The Department’s statisticians are also responsible for collecting and compiling statistics on the construction industry, on the production and consumption of energy in the United Kingdom and information on energy trade and prices.
To provide a quality statistical service to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, the business community and the wider public on industrial, trade and energy matters to improve decision making and debate.
The SPA-SA team provides core statistical support, mainly to colleagues in the Department. Work areas include regional statistics (Regional competitiveness and State of the regions); survey control and advice; UK trade in goods and international trade; and service sector statistics. It also undertakes analysis of personnel statistics and ad hoc consultancy work for other parts of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS). Staff deals with issues that extend beyond a single industry such as cross-sectoral industry analysis and trade statistics. There is also an important advisory role, liaising with data providers and keeping statisticians in the Department informed of developments in statistical sources.
SPA-EA coordinates BIS research and analysis assessing developments in the domestic and world economy so as to underpin the UK's productivity agenda and support strategic policy development, and the impacts of globalisation.
The statisticians within SPA-EA provide macro economic statistics on the domestic economy and international comparisons.
Construction Market Intelligence statisticians produce and interpret construction data for use by policy teams, UK business, consumers, industry researchers and National Accounts. Data are available on request.
- Green and low carbon industrial policy and sustainable development.
The statistician helps obtain and interpret the raw data needed by policy directorates and get them in the form needed for economic project work.
Providing advices on suitable data sources, statistical methodology, and reliability of external surveys/sources; and Taking forward work to improve access to data on SME's across Government.
Business Survival Rates; and Enterprise in Disadvantaged Communities.
The statistician in the Regions Team is responsible for providing statistical advice on various regional issues, including BIS’s Regional Economic Performance PSA target and Gross Value Added (GVA), regional analytical advice, and technical queries on Assisted Areas and the SFIE (Selective Finance for Investment in England) Grant Scheme.
The ER directorate is responsible for policy on Dispute Resolution including tribunals. It also works to develop a framework for employers and employees which promotes a skilled and flexible labour market founded on principles of partnership. It deals with relationships between workers and their employers, including individual rights as well as collective arrangements.
The Economics and Statistics Unit within ER provides labour market briefings on pay, minimum wage, and long hours working. They are also responsible for trade union data, and the Labour Force Survey.
Analysis on energy statistics are provided by the Energy Market Unit (EMU) and the Energy Strategy and International Unit (ESIU).
The Energy Markets Unit is responsible for UK, international and European, energy policy, for the domestic electricity, gas and petroleum markets, and for the development of North Sea infrastructure. This includes social, environmental and consumer issues, information and statistics.
One of the purposes of ESIU is to set the strategic direction and provide the analytical underpinning for energy policy at regional, national, European and International level, and to provide a challenge function for the rest of the Energy Group.
Since 2 January 2006, responsibility for publication of insolvency statistics has transferred to The Insolvency Service, an Executive Agency of BIS. The Statistics Team there are based within the Policy Directorate, which is responsible for all aspects of insolvency policy for England and Wales and for certain aspects of corporate insolvency policy in Scotland. The statisticians' responsibilities include the compilation and dissemination of insolvency statistics and statistical consultancy, principally within the policy area but also more widely across The Service.
Take written and oral evidence from a wide range of organisations; and Fact-finding visits throughout the UK to meet employers, employees and representative organisations.
- Senior Salaries Review Body (SSRB).
- The Police Negotiating Board (PNB).
The Research and Analysis Group within the OME is responsible for devising and implementing the OME and Pay Review Bodies research strategy.