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Release: Labour Productivity, Q1 2012

Released: 29 June 2012 Next edition: 28 September 2012
This product is designated as National Statistics All editions of this release

Contact

Mark Franklin

Office of the Chief Economic Adviser

productivity@ons.gsi.gov.uk

Telephone: +44 (0)1633 455981

Categories: Labour Market, People in Work, Productivity, Economy, Prices, Output and Productivity, Productivity Measures, Labour productivity

Frequency of release: Quarterly

Language: English

Geographical coverage: UK

Geographical breakdown: Region

Survey name(s): Labour Force Survey, Monthly Business Survey (Production and Services), Monthly Business Survey - Retail Sales Inquiry, Quarterly Public Sector Employment Survey, Short Term Employment Survey (GAPS), Monthly Wages and Salaries Survey, Business Register and Employment Survey (BRES)

  • UK labour productivity fell by 1.3 per cent in the first quarter of 2012 on an output per hour basis. Market sector productivity fell by 1.6 per cent on this basis.

  • Labour productivity in the services sector fell by 0.4 per cent in Q1.

  • Labour productivity in manufacturing fell by 2.6 per cent in Q1, the steepest drop since Q4 2008. Labour productivity in the broader production sector fell by 2.7 per cent.

  • UK unit labour costs increased by 1.4 per cent in Q1. Manufacturing unit wage costs increased by 2.1 per cent over this period.

In this release

Labour productivity statistics in terms of output per worker, output per job and output per hour worked for the whole economy and a range of industries. The release also presents unit labour cost estimates, regional productivity estimates and experimental market sector productivity estimates.

These National Statistics are produced to high professional standards and released according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.

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