Accredited official statistics

Preface

Updated 22 July 2024

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Agriculture in the United Kingdom (AUK) 2023 fulfils the requirement under the Agriculture Act 1993 that Ministers publish an annual report on such matters relating to price support for agricultural produce as they consider relevant. The Government will draw on this information when considering policy development, including new policies on the provision of agricultural support.

Changes

Some of the figures now given for past years may differ from those published in preceding issues. This is because of the use of later information, changes in scope and nature of available data, and improvements in statistical methods. Where modifications to the data are made a ‘Revisions’ section will be added to the chapter to explain the changes.

Accredited official statistics status

Accredited official statistics are called National Statistics in the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007. An explanation can be found on the Office for Statistics Regulation website. 

Our statistical practice is regulated by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR). OSR sets the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics that all producers of official statistics should adhere to.  

These accredited official statistics were independently reviewed by the Office for Statistics Regulation in January 2014. They comply with the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics and should be labelled ‘accredited official statistics’. 

You are welcome to contact us directly with any comments about how we meet these standards. Alternatively, you can contact OSR by emailing [email protected] or via the OSR website.  

Since the latest review by the Office for Statistics Regulation, we have continued to comply with the Code of Practice for Statistics. We have also made improvements to enhance the quality of this publication by improving quality assurance procedures.

Content of document

The latest available data are used throughout this document. Most of the data are on calendar year basis and for 2023. Some data for 2023 are provisional and may be revised as more data becomes available. Where 2023 data are not yet available the most recent data is presented.

The following points apply throughout:

  1. All figures relate to the United Kingdom unless otherwise stated.
  2. Unless stated otherwise, Defra is the source for all data presented in tables and charts.
  3. The figures for imports and exports include those from intervention stocks and the figures for exports include re-exports. Imports are based on country of consignment. Exports are based on country of reported final destination. The source of overseas trade statistics is HM Revenue and Customs.
  4. Where statistics are shown for the European Union (EU) as a whole they represent the present Member States in all the years regardless of when they became members.
  5. Values are expressed as either current or as a real term value:
  • Current (or nominal) value is the value expressed in historical monetary terms
  • Real term value is the current value adjusted to take account of inflation
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