Office for National Statistics (ONS)

Today, we’ve released the official top 100 baby names for England and Wales in 2025. Take a look at the official baby names datasets ➡️ ons.gov.uk/releases/babyn…

In 2024 the United States was the economy with the most inward affiliates in the UK, at 41,909, followed by the UK offshore islands (31,029), Luxembourg (14,656) and the Netherlands (12,062).

Retailing and wholesaling had more inward affiliates in 2024 than any other industry, at 37,221, or 18.5% of the UK total. They also saw the highest proportion of affiliates every year between 2020 and 2024.

The number of UK firms controlled by overseas parent companies (‘inward affiliates’) reached 200,774 in 2024, with 6.6 million employees. Total inward affiliates were up 35.0% from 148,742 in 2020. Read the article ➡️ ons.gov.uk/businessindust…

Total UK retail footfall in the week to 5 July increased: · 5% compared with the previous week · 3% compared with the equivalent week of 2025

Insolvency Service HR 1 forms show the number of potential redundancies in the week to 28 June 2026 decreased: · 1% compared with the previous week · 9% compared with the equivalent week of 2025

We’ve updated our Economic activity and social change real time indicator dashboard. It provides weekly overview of the UK economy and society, based on rapid response surveys, novel data sources and innovative methods. Explore the dashboard ➡️ ons.gov.uk/economy/econom…

The article draws on official statistics and analytical outputs from across the Government Statistical Service, including our environmental accounts and natural capital accounts, to support decision-making, coherence and public understanding. Read more➡️ ons.gov.uk/economy/enviro…

We've published an insights article providing a broad overview of statistics on the theme of the UK’s environment, climate and nature. Bringing together economic, environmental and social statistics to show areas of progress, pressures and risks.

These statistics are based on the exact spelling of the first name given on the birth certificate. Similar names with different spellings are counted separately and not grouped. Quality and methodology information for baby names statistics ➡️ ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulati…

In 2025, there were 585,396 live births (284,681 female and 300,715 male) in England and Wales resulting in 35,099 unique girls’ names and 30,187 unique boys’ names. The top 10 boys’ and girls’ names account for 9.1% of all births, with Olivia and Muhammad making up 1.4%.

Today, we’ve released the official top 100 baby names for England and Wales in 2025. Take a look at the official baby names datasets ➡️ ons.gov.uk/releases/babyn…

In the UK, there were 866 million outdoor recreation and tourism visits to enclosed farmland in 2023, second only to urban green spaces, with 2 billion visits. The annual value of visits to enclosed farmland was £895 million in 2023. Read more➡️ ons.gov.uk/economy/enviro…

In 2023, enclosed farmland habitat ecosystem services had an annual value of £5.9bn, with £5.3bn from biotic services and £0.6bn from abiotic services. The total asset value of these ecosystem services was £237bn, with £228bn from biotic services and £10bn from abiotic services.

Estimates of the economic and social value of UK enclosed farmland habitat - crop fields and grassland that help grow our food and feed livestock. Enclosed farmland covered 52% of the UK in 2024, down by 555,302 hectares since 1990, an area larger than Northumberland.

9,671 deaths were registered in England and Wales, week ending 26 June 2026. This was 7.4% lower than expected (768 fewer deaths). Dashboard ➡️ ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulati…

Thank you to everyone who attended the inaugural Chair’s Reception last night – a valuable opportunity for our community of official statistics users and producers to exchange ideas and share views on the future.

We’ve published the ONS Strategy for 2026 to 2028, setting out our priorities for the next two years. Read the strategy: ons.gov.uk/aboutus/ourstr…

32% of businesses reported some degree of concern over the impact climate change may have on their business, up 5 percentage points from March 2026.

29% of businesses reported using at least one type of artificial intelligence (AI) technology in June 2026. This is up 8 percentage points from June 2025 and continuing the upward trend over the last 3 years.

Of businesses in late June 2026: · 64% reported some degree of concern about energy prices, broadly stable with early June · 68% expressed some degree of concern for fuel prices, down 2 percentage points from early June Read more ➡️ ons.gov.uk/businessindust…