| Population mid-year 2006 ONS |
5.142m |
60.587m |
| GVA per head on a workplace basis, 2006 (index, UK=100) – ONS |
85.4 |
100 |
| Productivity: GVA per hour worked, 2006 (index UK=100) – ONS |
90.6 |
100 |
| Employment rate as % of working population – Labour Force Survey ONS, July – Sept 2007 |
73.2 |
74.4% |
| Skills levels: % of economically active-adults qualified to at least NVQ Level 4, Annual Population Survey Jan-Dec 2006 |
26% |
31.1% |
| Innovation: Business spending on R&D as a % of GVA, 2005 – ONS, BERD survey |
0.5% |
1.4% |
| Enterprise: Number of VAT starts/10,000 adult population, 2006 – Enterprise Directorate BERR |
31 |
37 |
