FOI reference: FOI-2024-2244
You asked
I am a researcher currently working with employment statistics according to Standard Industrial Classification (SIC), but would like to investigate Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) data.
I am aware that ONS has data on greenhouse gas emissions by SIC industry (i.e., Atmospheric emissions: greenhouse gases by industry and gas - Office for National Statistics) and GVA by industry (i.e., Regional gross value added (balanced) by industry: local authorities by ITL1 region - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk) and Regional gross value added (balanced) by industry: all ITL regions - Office for National Statistics), and other datasets of environmental or economic variables across SIC industry groups.
I would like to know if similar data exists for Standard Occupational Classification groups, i.e. greenhouse gas emissions by SOC classifications or GVA by SOC classifications. Is this possible?
We said
Thank you for your request.
Unfortunately, we do not hold any Environmental Accounts or Gross Value Added (GVA) data by SOC.
The other government departments that publish emissions data do not publish by SOC, so we are unable to suggest any alternative sources for emissions on this basis.
You may find our work on high-emission industries of interest.
You can read more about how we measure greenhouse gas emissions in the UK here.