Trade in services data consistent with data prior to the Pink Book 2019 update and revision

You asked

Please provide the following time series to be produce in accordance to the former methodology prior to the Pink Book 2019 update and revision.

https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/nationalaccounts/balanceofpayments/adhocs/12314uktradeinservicesbyaccountchainvolumemeasurecvmandcurrentpricecpquarter11997toquarter22020

We request it to be updated using the same methodology (prior to Pink Book 2019) until 2020q2.

We said

Thank you for your query asking about trade in services data consistent with data prior to the Pink Book 2019 update and revision.

Because of the constraints when updating our systems as part of our annual Pink Book process, we do not have and are unable to produce pre Blue Book 2019 consistent data up until Quarter 2 (Apr to Jun) 2020. The most recent data we do have available on a pre Blue Book 2019 basis is up to the period Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2019 and can be found below.

Our Pink Book annual process aims to improve the quality of our statistics through these updates. We recommend using the most up to date revision, as this will provide the best estimates of trade in services available. This data is available from 1997 and can be found below.

Blue Book 2018 consistent data:

https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/nationalaccounts/balanceofpayments/adhocs/010162uktradeinservicesbyaccountchainvolumemeasurecvmandcurrentpricecpquarter1jantomar1997toquarter12019

Blue Book 2020 consistent data:

https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/nationalaccounts/balanceofpayments/adhocs/12314uktradeinservicesbyaccountchainvolumemeasurecvmandcurrentpricecpquarter11997toquarter22020