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Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board Special Data Dissemination Standard (AS PROVIDED TO THE IMF BY THE RESPECTIVE COUNTRY)   United Kingdom Production index (Index of Production ) Last Posted: Feb-26-2009 Last Certified: Dec-22-2008 Last Updated: Dec-22-2008 Contact Person(s)          Printer Friendly Page   Mr. Phillip Davies, Office for National Statistics (ONS), Room A018, Cardiff Road, Newport, United Kingdom NP10 8XG   Phone : 44 1633 456492   Fax : 44 1633 455300   Email : philip.davies@ons.gov.uk  Dissemination Formats Summary Methodology Access National Summary Data Page Cross-country comparisons: access the DSBB metadata query facility

The Data: Coverage, Periodicity, and Timeliness
Coverage characteristics	5.1.1 Statistical presentation The data are a vital component of the UK National Accounts and that is the primary reason the Index of Production is compiled and published, even though it is an important economic indicator in its own right. Data are disseminated on the industrial production index (2003=100) a base-weighted Laspeyres index covering the mining and quarrying (C), manufacturing (D) and electricity, gas and water supply (E) sectors of the Standard Industrial Classification 2003 (equivalent to ISIC Rev. 3). The data are published on a seasonally adjusted and non-seasonally adjusted basis. Oil and gas: Oil and gas are published together. There is separate data for oil, gas and liquid petroleum. These are chainlinked 2, 3 and 4-digit levels. The series is published 26 working days after the end of the reference month.  Production capacity data for oil and gas activities are not complied and therefore not available.
Periodicity	4.1.1 Periodicity Monthly
Timeliness	4.1.2 Timeliness 26 working days, and no later than 6 weeks, after the reference month.
Access by the Public
Advance dissemination of release calendar	5.1.3 Advance release calendar Twelve months advance notices of release dates are available from the ONS website at: (http://www.statistics.gov.uk/ReleaseCalendar/currentreleases.asp).
Simultaneous release to all interested parties	5.1.4 Simultaneous release The data are released simultaneously to all interested parties by issuing the press release "First Release". Press agencies attending the briefing are given the data approximately 30 minutes prior to publication in order that they may enter the data into their systems. They are not allowed to transmit the data until 9:30 a.m. at which time the data are released into the public domain. At 9:30 a.m. copies of the "First Release" and briefing notes are available via the Internet (http://www.statistics.gov.uk/default.asp).
Integrity
Dissemination of terms and conditions under which official statistics are produced, including those relating to the confidentiality of individually identifiable information	0.1.1 Responsibility for collecting, processing, and disseminating statistics Office for National Statistics An Agency Framework Document is published detailing the basis under which the Office of National Statistics (ONS) operates and includes information on: Status and Governance; Aims, Objectives and Functions; Responsibilities of the Chancellor of the Exchequer; Responsibilities of the director for the operation of the office, etc. Production index In 1998 a European Regulation, the Short Term Statistics Regulation, was passed, which makes it compulsory for all EU Member States to provide Indices of Production on a monthly basis to the European Commission. 0.1.3 Confidentiality of individual reporters' data Office for National Statistics The data are also covered by the "ONS Code of Practice on Confidentiality", published in 1995, which is included in the ONS Agency Framework Document that details the basis under which the ONS operates. 1.1.1 Impartiality of statistics Office for National Statistics The Office of National Statistics is an independent Government Agency. 1.2.1 Disclosure of terms and conditions for statistical collection, processing, and dissemination Office for National Statistics Corporate strategies, and an annual report, along with performance targets are published by the Stationery Office and can be obtained, for a fee, from P.O. Box 276, London, SW 8 5DT. (Phone 44 870 600 5522. Fax 44 870 600 5533) A document, 'National Statistics Code of Practice Protocol on Release Practises', is available on the National Statistics Website at http://www.statistics.gov.uk/about_ns/cop/default.asp, or by telephoning the National Statistics Policy Helpline on 44 207 5336210. It is linked to the 'National Statistics - Code of Practice - Statement of Principles' also available from these locations.
Identification of internal government access to data before release	1.2.2 Internal governmental access to statistics prior to release The data is made available to certain Government offices under strict guidelines twenty-four hours before publication. A named official in each department receives the data on a personal, confidential, need-to-know basis. The departments involved are the Treasury, the Bank of England and the Department of Trade and Industry. A complete list is available from the Press Office of ONS (Phone: 08456041858). A copy for internal briefing purposes is also released to Her Majesty's Treasury at 9:30 a.m. on the day before publication.
Identification of ministerial commentary on the occasion of statistical releases	1.2.3 Attribution of statistical products There is no ministerial commentary accompanying the release of the data.
Provision of information about revision and advance notice of major changes in methodology	4.3.1 Revision schedule Although there is no set time when the data become ‘final', in practice revisions tend to be minor and are very small six months after the reference period. 4.3.2 Identification of preliminary and/or revised data The "First Release" notes that the "Estimates for the last few months ... are provisional and subject to revisions." 1.2.4 Advance notice of major changes in methodology, source data, and statistical techniques. Verbal notice is given at press briefings of imminent changes in methodology and "ONS News Releases" are issued at, or near the time of, any major changes in methodology.
Quality
Dissemination of documentation on methodology and sources used in preparing statistics	5.2.1 Dissemination of documentation on concepts, scope, classifications, basis of recording, data sources, and statistical techniques Full documentation appears in the methodological paper "The Measurement of Output in the Estimation of GDP" (published in August 1994), which is available from the ONS library in Newport. (See also summary methodology)
Dissemination of component detail, reconciliations with related data, and statistical frameworks that support statistical cross-checks and provide assurance of reasonableness	4.2.3 Intersectoral and cross-domain consistency Consistency with other indicators of industrial production: As part of the review process, movements in the IOP are compared with those from qualitative surveys, such as the Confederation of British Industry's Industrial Trends Survey. Oil and gas intersectoral and cross-domain consistency: Oil and gas is not published individually as a series. It is however published as a combined series. Manufacture of refined petroleum products is published as part of the manufacture of coke, refined petroleum products and nuclear fuel sub-sector. Manufacture of gas is published as apart of the energy sector. These are entirely consistent with the total industrial production index.
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