1. Regionalising data: Service Exports
James P Harris
London Statistician
14 October 2016

2. Who am I?
Head of the London Regional Team
G7 & SRO based in Pimlico
Regularly work with
colleagues at
London’s City Hall
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3. Flavour of what we do
We use the LFS & APS to understand
London’s 5m strong workforce, including:
Industries
Qualifications
Occupations
Countries of Birth
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4. Flavour of what we do
We generate methodological analysis:
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5. But one specific example…
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wanted to know more about
businesses in London
commissioned the 2014
London Business Survey 
used survey results to
analyse trade by
London businesses 

6. Demand for: Regional Exports
Demand to create “Value of Service Exports by Region”
HMRC generate Value of Goods Exports,
but nothing existed for Value of Service Exports
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Cross-team cross-departmental group including:
• ONS Trade Statistics
• ONS Regional Accounts
• HMRC
• HMT
• Scottish Government
• NISRA

7. Creating: Regional Exports
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Took definitions and UK figures from The Pink Book
Combined results from:
• ONS International Trade In Services (ITIS)
• ONS Annual Business Survey (ABS)
• Inter-Departmental Business Register (IDBR)
Broke down regionally using:
• Business Register & Employment Survey (BRES)
• Bank of England
• Annual Business Inquiry (ABI) Northern Ireland
• ONS International Passenger Survey (IPS)

8. New results: Regional Exports
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8th July: published first experimental statistics of the
Value of Service Exports by region and by category

9. New results: Regional Exports
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Total value of service exports from the UK by country and region, 2011-2014
figures in £ million
Year
North
East
North
West
Yorkshire
and The
Humber
East
Midlands
West
Midlands
East of
England
London
South
East
South
West
Wales Scotland
Northern
Ireland
2011 2,798 12,872 6,334 4,267 6,346 10,794 90,162 29,935 8,703 3,862 12,197 1,653
2012 3,408 14,486 6,957 4,825 7,298 12,456 89,833 31,235 9,954 4,475 14,253 1,868
2013 3,706 16,931 6,890 4,963 8,088 13,086 93,181 33,407 10,362 4,700 16,433 2,557
2014 3,382 17,449 6,618 5,459 8,264 12,896 92,051 35,282 10,430 4,689 16,958 2,439
Value of service exports from London by functional category, 2011-2014
values in £ million, percentages as %
2011 2012 2013 2014
Primary and utilities (agriculture, mining, utilities) 36 66 27 16
Manufacturing 739 784 802 398
Transport 8,723 9,143 9,114 10,320
Travel 11,819 13,018 14,655 15,542
Construction 464 726 819 1,066
Wholesale and motor trades 7,798 3,802 3,132 1,681
Retail (excluding motor trades) 401 394 476 480
Information and communications 11,118 11,792 12,643 14,595
Real estate, professional, scientific and technical 12,950 15,300 15,026 14,834
Insurance and pension services 2,489 3,161 3,076 3,526
Financial 30,739 27,511 28,329 25,247
Administrative and support services 1,959 3,205 3,922 2,991
Public admin, health and education; arts, entertainment and recreation; other services 928 931 1,161 1,355
Total in all categories 90,162 89,833 93,181 92,051
Functional category
Value of service exports (£ million)

10. All the materials
james.p.harris@ons.gsi.gov.uk
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www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/RTS/Pages/default.aspx
www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/gla_migrate_files
_destination/london-business-survey-exports.pdf
www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/international
trade/articles/estimatingthevalueofserviceexportsabro
adfromdifferentpartsoftheuk/2011to2014