| Population mid-year 2006 ONS |
5.367m |
60.587m |
| GVA per head on a workplace basis, 2006 (index, UK=100) – ONS |
88.7 |
100 |
| Productivity: GVA per hour worked, 2006 (index UK=100) – ONS |
91.0 |
100 |
| Employment rate as % of working population – ONS, mid-year 2007 |
72.8% |
74.4% |
| Skills levels: % of economically active-adults qualified to at least NVQ Level 4, Q4 2006 - ONS, Labour Force Survey |
27.5% |
31.1% |
| Innovation: Business spending on R&D as a % of GVA, (2005) – ONS, BERD survey |
0.9% |
1.4% |
| Enterprise: Number of VAT starts/10,000 adult population, 2005 – Enterprise Directorate BERR |
34 |
37 |
