SIC/SOC coding of Social and Business Surveys

Dyddiad y datganiad:
31 March 2022

FOI Ref: FOI/2022/3976

You asked

Please supply the current list of social and business surveys undertaken by the ONS and whether each of them are coded/collected at the 4 digit Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) level and whether each of them are coded/collected at the 4 digit Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) level.

We said

Thank you for your enquiry.

Business Surveys

Please see the attached document containing a list of current business surveys undertaken by ONS. To find out if these surveys are SOC and SIC coded, please visit the ONS website.

Please see the table below for SIC and SOC coding for the Business Register and Employment Survey (BRES), the Business Register Survey (BRS) and the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE):

Survey	Survey ID	SIC coded	SOC Coded
BRES	221	Yes	No
BRS	241	Yes	No
ASHE	141	No	Yes

Download this table

.xls .csv

Social Surveys

Please see the summary table below showing whether SIC and SOC are collected for our regular social surveys:

Survey	SIC – 4 digit	SOC – 4 digit
Labour Force Survey	Yes	Yes
Labour Market Survey	Yes	Yes
Living Costs and Food Survey	Yes	Yes
Survey on Living Conditions	Yes	Yes
Wealth and Assets Survey	Yes	Yes
International Passenger Survey	No	Yes - For migrants only
Opinions and Lifestyle Survey	No	Yes