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Statistics at BIS

The Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS) collects and publishes national and official statistics on further and higher education, building materials, construction prices and costs, economic performance and employment, innovation and trade union membership.

National statistics

We produce national and official statistics in accordance with the statutory and other arrangements described in the guidance on How national and official statistics are assured. We follow the code of practice for official statistics.

Publication timetable

The Code of Practice for Official Statistics requires that we announce publication dates for all statistical publications in advance. Publication dates for all BIS and HESA publications are available from the UK Statistics Authority Publication Hub.

Statistical series

Business population estimates

Construction

Further education

Higher education

Innovation

Insolvency

Science, engineering and technology statistics

Sub-national statistics

Trade union membership

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We publish statistics reports and documents, including guidance, which can be found through the document search. Live tables that relate to particular statistics releases or guidance will be listed in the document series on that page.

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Further information

BIS analysis of changes in earnings, net of income tax and National Income Contributions (NICs) between 2012 and 2013

BIS analysis of changes in earnings net of income tax and NICs 2012-2013 (PDF, 54.2KB, 2 pages) Ad hoc analysis of changes in employee earnings, net of income tax and National Income Contributions (NICs) between 2012 and 2013 based on data from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) data from the ONS. The data and analysis can be found by downloading the spreadsheet Take home pay analysis spreedsheet (MS Excel Spreadsheet, 306KB) , with further detail provided in the accompanying explanatory note Explanatory note on Take-home pay analysis spreadsheet 2012-13 (PDF, 49.3KB, 1 page) .

Higher Education Statistics: User Engagement event

Presentation Slides

On the 30th January 2014, BIS held a User Engagement event on Higher Education Statistics to raise the profile of, and seek feedback on a range of Higher Education statistics and products. These are the slide presentations from the event.

Find out more about BIS Official Higher Education Data on Twitter The Royal Statistical Society also run a web-site called StatsUserNet, a forum to discuss official statistics more generally StatsUserNet

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