Monthly Business Survey for Construction and Allied Trades, 2010-2021: Secure Access

Dataset

DOI

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.

The Monthly Business Survey for Construction and Allied Trades (MBS) collects information about the value of work undertaken by Great British businesses on new housing, new infrastructure, other new construction projects, and repair and maintenance during the month. Information about employment is also collected quarterly. The information is used to monitor the performance of the industry and contributes to gross domestic product (GDP).The purpose of the survey is to obtain information about the construction industry and allied trades (e.g. plumbers and electricians), and to provide a comprehensive review of economic activity. The information provided is essential as the construction industry and allied trades forms a large part of the country's industrial production and capital investment.Businesses of all sizes are surveyed to ensure statistics are representative of the UK economy.The study available from the UK Data Archive under SN 8807 includes monthly data for 2010-2019 and annual data files for all years.Linking to other business studiesThese data contain Inter-Departmental Business Register (IDBR) reference numbers. These are anonymous but unique reference numbers assigned to business organisations. Their inclusion allows researchers to combine different business survey sources together. Researchers may consider applying for other business data to assist their research.Latest edition informationFor the third edition (October 2023), annual data and documentation for 2021 have been added to the study.

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This study provides estimates of the value of construction work undertaken in the following areas:public housing, new workpublic housing, repair and maintenanceprivate housing, new workprivate housing, repair and maintenanceinfrastructure, new workinfrastructure, repair and maintenancepublic non-housing, new workpublic non-housing, repair and maintenanceprivate non-housing, commercial, new workprivate non-housing, industrial, new workprivate non-housing, industrial and/or commercial, repair and maintenanceThe following variables are also provided:Standard Industrial Codes 2007turnoveremploymentIDBR reporting unit reference numbersweighting values

Multi-stage stratified random sample

Postal survey

Identifier
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-8807-3
Metadata Access	https://datacatalogue.cessda.eu/oai-pmh/v0/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_ddi25&identifier=97775dea79320575e299844b4ad10dc5bf3187469a931fd604561085dd5317a1

Provenance
Creator	Office for National Statistics
Publisher	UK Data Service
Publication Year	2021
Funding Reference	Office for National Statistics
Rights	<a href="https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/information-management/re-using-public-sector-information/uk-government-licensing-framework/crown-copyright/" target="_blank">© Crown copyright</a>. The use of these data is subject to the <a href="https://ukdataservice.ac.uk/app/uploads/cd137-enduserlicence.pdf" target="_blank">UK Data Service End User Licence Agreement</a>. Additional restrictions may also apply.; <p>The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the <a href="https://ukdataservice.ac.uk/app/uploads/cd137-enduserlicence.pdf" target="_blank">End User Licence Agreement</a>.</p><p>Commercial use is not permitted.</p><p>Use of the data requires approval from the data owner or their nominee. Users must apply for access via a Secure Access application.</p><p>Non UK-users must have a UK HE or FE affiliation.</p><p>Registered users must complete the Safe Researcher Training course and gain <a href="https://uksa.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/digitaleconomyact-research-statistics/better-useofdata-for-research-information-for-researchers/" target="_blank">Accredited Researcher Status</a>.</p><p>Users must be based in the UK when accessing data.</p><p>The Data Collection must be accessed via a secure virtual private network in a safe environment approved by the UK Data Service.</p><p>Users should note in order to ensure analysis and research is being interpreted correctly and to assist with the quality assurance process, the ONS business area would like sight of any outputs using the MBS for Construction and Allied Trades before publication. Once the outputs are checked for disclosure by the UK Data Service these will be forwarded to the data owner for comments/feedback. Please note due to this process releasing outputs for this study might take up to ten working days. </p><p>If required the business area would be willing to assist with any additional questions relating to the dataset during this quality assurance stage and the team can be contacted at <a href="mailto:construction.statistics@ons.gov.uk" target="_blank">construction.statistics@ons.gov.uk</a>. </p>
OpenAccess	true

Representation
Resource Type	Numeric
Discipline	Economics; Social and Behavioural Sciences
Spatial Coverage	Great Britain