Business Register and Employment Survey (BRES) publishes employee and employment estimates at detailed geographical and industrial levels and is regarded as the definitive source of official government employee statistics by industry.
Publications
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Employees in the UK by region: provisional results 2021
Number of employees in the UK, full time and part time, by country and English region, including some local authority districts, from the Business Register and Employment Survey.
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Employees in the UK: provisional results 2021
Number of employees in the UK, full-time and part-time, by sector, industry, country and English region, from the Business Register and Employment Survey (BRES).
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Employees in the UK by industry: provisional results 2021
The Business Register and Employment Survey (BRES) is the official source of employee and employment estimates by detailed geography and industry, for regions and some local authorities.
Data
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Local authority county – Business Register and Employment Survey (BRES): Table 5
Annual employee and employment estimates for the UK split by local authority county. Results given by full-time or part-time and public or private splits.
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Local authority district – Business Register and Employment Survey (BRES): Table 6
Annual employee and employment estimates for the UK split by local authority district. Results given by full-time or part-time and public or private splits.
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Broad Industry Group (Standard Industrial Classification) – Business Register and Employment Survey (BRES): Table 1
Annual employee and employment estimates for Great Britain and UK split by broad industry group Standard Industrial Classification: SIC 2007. Results given by full-time or part-time and public or private splits.
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Industry (two, three and five-digit Standard Industrial Classification) – Business Register and Employment Survey (BRES): Table 2
Annual employee and employment estimates for Great Britain and UK split by two, three and five-digit Standard Industrial Classification: SIC 2007. Results given by full-time or part-time and public or private splits.
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Region by broad industry group (Standard Industrial Classification) – Business Register and Employment Survey (BRES): Table 4
Annual employee and employment estimates for the UK split by region and broad industry group Standard Industrial Classification: SIC 2007. Results given by full-time or part-time and public or private splits.
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Region – Business Register and Employment Survey (BRES): Table 3
Annual employee and employment estimates for Great Britain and UK split by region. Results given by full-time or part-time and public or private splits.
The United Kingdom Statistics Authority has designated these statistics as National Statistics, in accordance with the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 and signifying compliance with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.
Designation can be broadly interpreted to mean that the statistics:
- meet identified user needs
- are well explained and readily accessible
- are produced according to sound methods
- are managed impartially and objectively in the public interest
Once statistics have been designated as National Statistics it is a statutory requirement that the Code of Practice shall continue to be observed.