Consultation outcome

Consultation on the UK's adoption of industrial classification of economic activity

• From: Office for National Statistics
• Published: 8 January 2024
• Last updated: 17 April 2024 — See all updates

This consultation has concluded

Detail of outcome

A response to this consultation was published on 16 April 2024, and can be viewed on the ONS consultations website.

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Original consultation

Summary

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is seeking views on the next steps for updating UK Standard Industrial Classification (UK SIC) and to understand how it is being used.

This consultation was held on another website.

This consultation ran from
31 October 2023 to 11:59pm on 23 January 2024

Consultation description

The international revisions of International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC) and Statistical classification of economic activities in the European Community (NACE) have now been completed. This has resulted in the need for a UK SIC revision and our invitation for you to respond to the consultation on the next steps for UK SIC.

Industrial classifications of economic activity are a fundamental component of economic statistics, allowing us to monitor trends in economic performance over time. These statistics are vital for informing economic policy.

The consultation document explains how the current UK economic classification system, UK SIC, aligns with our International and European counterparts, ISIC and NACE and how our statistics remain internationally comparable.

It also details a range of factors for consideration such as governance, granularity and comparability, correlation, and the UK economy representation.

Documents

Consultation on the UK adoption of industrial classification of economic activity

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Published 8 January 2024
Last updated 17 April 2024 + show all updates

1. 17 April 2024

   Link to consultation response published.

2. 8 January 2024

   First published.