Table 1. Sample allocation by employment size band
Employment size band
0-4
5-19
20-99
100+ or turnover > £60M
Totals
Number of businesses
classified to construction on
IDBR
185,028
36,394
6,606
1,048
229,076
Sample size
These bands are
broken down further by
industry
3,311
2,135
1,506
1,048
8,000
Table 2. Periodic weights applied to New Orders sectors
Weights applied to new
orders
Public housing
Private housing
Infrastructure
Public non-housing
Private industrial
Private commercial
n
0.07
0.07
0.07
0.08
0.16
0.12
n-1
0.14
0.13
0.11
0.16
0.28
0.20
n-2
0.18
0.17
0.13
0.20
0.27
0.21
n-3
0.20
0.19
0.13
0.20
0.17
0.19
n-4
0.17
0.17
0.13
0.17
0.09
0.14
Period
n-5
0.13
0.13
0.12
0.12
0.05
0.09
n-6
0.08
0.09
0.10
0.07
n-7
0.04
0.06
0.08
0.03
n-8
n-9
n-10
0.06
0.04
0.02
0.05
Table 3. Summary of outputs
Series
Sector breakdown
Constant (2005)
price seasonally
adjusted (KPSA)
Public housing new
Private housing new
Private housing new
Infrastructure new
Public non-housing new
Private industrial new
Private commercial new
Public housing r&m
Private housing r&m
Non-housing r&m
Publication
Frequency When
published
Quarterly
First and third
month of the
calendar quarter
Inputs
Current price
output data from
the Monthly
Business
Survey
Deflators
(tender price
indices(TPI) and
output price
indices (OPIs))
from BIS
Model
parameters for
converting TPIs
to OPIs
X-12 Arima
processing
Constant (2005)
price nonseasonally
adjusted (KP)
Public housing new
Private housing new
Private housing new
Infrastructure new
Public non-housing new
Private industrial new
Private commercial new
Public housing r&m
Private housing r&m
Public non-housing r&m
Private non-housing r&m
Infrastructure r&m
Monthly
Current price nonseasonally
adjusted(CP)
As for constant price
Monthly
Every month
Current price new
work by type of
work
Infrastructure is subdivided into:
Quarterly
First month of
the calendar
quarter
Water
Sewerage
Electricity
Communication
Air transport
Roads
Railways
Harbours
Other (gas, comms. and air)
Public non-housing is
sub-divided into:
Factories
Warehouses
Oil, steel and coal
Schools and colleges
Universities
Health
Offices
Entertainment
Garages and shops
Agriculture and
miscellaneous
Private industrial is subdivided into:
Factories
Warehouses
Oil, steel and coal
Private commercial is
sub-divided into:
Schools and universities
Health
Offices
Entertainment
Every month
Current price
output data from
the Monthly
Business
Survey
Deflators (TPIs
and OPIs) from
BIS
Model
parameters for
converting TPIs
to OPIs
Current price
data from the
monthly output
survey
Current price
data from the
Monthly
Business
Survey
Orders
estimates from
quarterly New
Orders Survey
Model
parameters
(lagging
weights)
Garages
Shops
Agriculture and
miscellaneous
Current price by
region
Each current price sector
is sub-divided into 9
English Regions, Wales
and Scotland:
North East
Yorkshire and Humberside
East Midlands
East of England
London
South East
South West
West Midlands
North West
Wales
Scotland
Quarterly
First month of
the calendar
quarter
Current price
data from the
Monthly Output
Survey
Orders
estimates from
quarterly New
Orders Survey
Model
parameters
(lagging
weights)