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Output (Tables 1 to 3)
The total volume of
construction output in the year to the third quarter of 2005 fell by
one per cent compared to the previous year. Overall new work fell
over the same period, despite increases in the private housing,
private industrial and private commercial sectors. Repair and
maintenance was unchanged, with decrease in private housing being
matched by increases in public housing, private and public
non-housing. Output in the third quarter of 2005 was unchanged
compared to the second quarter of 2005 both in volume terms and in
current prices.
The total volume of new
work in the year to the third quarter of 2005 was two per cent lower
compared with the previous year but rose by two per cent in the
third quarter when compared with the previous quarter. The total
volume of repair and maintenance work was unchanged in the year to
the third quarter of 2005 compared with the previous year, but was
one per cent lower in the third quarter of 2005 compared to the
previous quarter.
New private housing work
in the year to the third quarter of 2005 was five per cent higher
compared with the previous year and the third quarter of 2005 was
two per cent higher than the previous quarter. New work in the
public housing sector in the year to the third quarter of 2005 was
seven per cent lower (on a small base figure) compared with the
previous year and the latest quarter was 10 per cent lower than the
previous quarter. New infrastructure output in the year to the third
quarter of 2005 was 15 per cent lower compared with the previous
year, but the third quarter of 2005 rose by eight per cent compared
with the previous quarter.
New construction work in
the private industrial sector in the year to the third quarter of
2005 was four per cent higher compared with the previous year, and
rose by five per cent in the latest quarter compared with the
previous quarter. New private commercial output in the year to the
third quarter of 2005 was one per cent higher compared to the
previous year and was one per cent higher in the third quarter of
2005 compared to the previous quarter. New work in the public
non-housing sector (excluding infrastructure) in the year to the
third quarter of 2005 fell by six per cent compared to the previous
year and by one per cent compared with the previous quarter.
Housing repair and
maintenance work (including improvement work) in the public sector
rose by three per cent in the year to the third quarter of 2005
compared with the previous year but was 13 per cent lower in the
most recent quarter compared with previous quarter. Housing repair
and maintenance work in the private sector in the year to the third
quarter of 2005 was four per cent lower compared with the previous
year and by two per cent in the third quarter of 2005 compared to
the previous quarter.
Repair and maintenance
work in the public non-housing sector rose in the year to the third
quarter of 2005 by five per cent compared with the previous year,
and by three per cent in the most recent quarter compared with the
previous quarter. Repair and maintenance work in the private
non-housing sector in the year to the third quarter of 2005 was one
per cent higher compared with the previous year and was six per cent
higher in the most recent quarter compared with the previous
quarter.
Employment (Table 6)
The seasonally adjusted
number of employees in employment in July 2005 rose by one per cent
compared with April 2005 and was three per cent higher when compared
with July 2004. Total employment (including the self-employed) in
July 2005 was one per cent compared with April 2005 and was four per
cent higher compared with July 2004.
Regional
breakdown (Table 4)
Table 4 shows current
price contractors output by Government Office region. |
