Statistics at DSIT

DSIT and its public bodies produces official statistics covering its sectors.

Statistics publications

The release calendar gives the planned publication dates of DSIT’s statistical releases . The same page also lists our recently published statistics. Publication is usually at 9:30am.

The official statistics produced by DSIT are:

Bioscience and health technology sector statistics Annual data on the bioscience and health technology sector. Published by the Office for Life Sciences, a unit that sits across both DSIT and the Department for Health and Social Care.
Cyber Security Breaches Survey Annual results from businesses, charities, and educational institutions on their cyber security policies, processes, and an overall assessment of resilience.
Digital Sector Economic Estimates Series Statistical series providing estimates of the contribution the digital sector makes to the UK economy, measured by several metrics. These include digital sector estimates for Gross Value Added (GVA), Employment, Earnings, Business Demographics, Trade and Productivity
UK Business Data Survey The UK Business Data Survey seeks to understand the role and importance of personal and non-personal data, domestic and international transfers of data, and activities and opinions relating to data protection legislation and policy in UK businesses.

We publish an annual Official Statistics work update which provides a high-level overview of plans for releases produced by DSIT for the upcoming year.

Following the recent machinery of government changes, the following statistics published by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) have relevant policy areas that are now part of DSIT:

Information on DCMS statistical procedures can be found on the Statistics at DCMS page. The statistics pages for DSIT and DCMS will be reviewed on an ongoing basis to reflect any changes in the responsibility for these statistics.

Additional analyses not included in any of DSIT’s standard publications can be found on the DSIT ad hoc statistical releases page.

Search our statistics

Our statistics can be searched by keyword and date of publication on the main GOV.UK statistics page.

Standards for official statistics

We produce national and official statistics in accordance with the guidance provided in the Code of Practice for Statistics. Details on how we do this are set out in the documents below:

Contact details

Chief Statistician: Jessie Evans

For any queries please email [email protected]

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
100 Parliament Street
London
SW1A 2BQ
United Kingdom

Personal information charter

For information on what you can expect from the Department for Science, Information and Technology when we collect, hold or use your personal information, please read the department’s personal information charter.

Archived statistics

GOV.UK offers the most recent statistics DSIT has published. This includes statistics previously published by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)

Earlier versions of the former Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy website and the associated historic publications are available from the National Archives.

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