Industry and the Supply Side

Industry and the Supply Side – Overview

This section covers data on the supply side of the economy. Historical data on input-output and supply-use tables is provided starting with the input-output table of Horrell et al. 1841 and official input-output data starting after World War 2. Historical publications are provided covering the censuses of production since 1907 and information on standard industrial classification changes (SICs). The section also includes a number studies from the Cambridge Growth Project published as part of the A Programme for Growth series edited by Sir Richard Stone.

DATASETS

The Census of Production from 1907

The first official census of production was carried out in 1907. The summary tables for the census are provided below.

The historical record of the census of production between 1907 and 1970 can be found in the Sources and Methods section below. The set of subsequent censuses of production can be found at the LSE digital library.

Input-output analytical tables

The earliest input-output table produced for the UK is for the census year 1841 constructed by Sara Horrell, Jane Humphries and Martin Weale based on their 1994 article. The table is reproduced here under licence from the Economic History Review.

1841 Input-output table - Horrell, Humphries and Weale (xls)

The CSO first produced summary input-output tables for 1948, 1950 and 1954 which were published in the National Accounts Blue Books and are available in the National Accounts Articles and Periodicals section. More comprehensive tables were published for 1954 and then at various periodical intervals. Pdf files are available for the all input-output tables from 1954.

Excel files of the data are available from 1984 onwards

Annual Input-Output Supply-Use (I-O SUT) Tables

The less-detailed I-O SUT tables have been used by ONS as part of the annual balancing process of the national accounts. These are available each year from 1992 to 2004 based on Blue Book 2006 which were based on the earlier ESA95 system of accounts and SIC03 classification of industries.

1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

The latest ESA10 I-O SUT tables for 1997-2017 based on Blue Book 2018 are in one spreadsheet linked below

BB2018 I-O SUT tables 1997-2017

SOURCES, METHODS AND USES

The Census of Production

Documentation of the first and subsequent censuses of production can be found below.

Standard Industrial Classifications (SICs)

Details of the Standard Industrial Classifications in use since 1948 and the relationships between them can be found below:

Methodological Articles on Input-output tables

A number of useful historical methodological articles on the development of UK input-output tables can be found below:

A Programme for Growth and the Cambridge Growth Project

A Programme for Growth was a series of monographs (also known as the "Green Books") edited by Sir Richard Stone at the Department of Applied Economics at Cambridge and was intended to provide a series of reports on the progress of the Cambridge Growth Project. That project was intended to analyse in detail the structure and future prospects of the British economy, the possibilities for stimulating its rate of growth and the problems to which this would give rise. The twelve studies of the series are available below with the kind permission of the Faculty of Economics at Cambridge University and the family of Sir Richard Stone.

RELEVANT PERIODICALS

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Input-Output Analytical Tables

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Article Name	Excel File	PDF File
UK Input-Output Table 1841 - Horrell, Humphries and Weale		No PDF File
Input-Output Tables for the United Kingdom 1954	No Excel File
Input-Output Tables for the United Kingdom 1963	No Excel File
Input-Output Tables for the United Kingdom 1968	No Excel File
Input-Output Tables for the United Kingdom 1970	No Excel File
Input-Output Tables for the United Kingdom 1971	No Excel File
Input-Output Tables for the United Kingdom 1972	No Excel File
Input-Output Tables for the United Kingdom 1974	No Excel File
Input-Output Tables for the United Kingdom 1979	No Excel File
Input-Output Tables for the United Kingdom 1984
UK Input-Output Analytical Tables 1990		No PDF File
UK Input-Output Analytical Tables 1995 - summary		No PDF File
UK Input-Output Analytical Tables 1995 - detail		No PDF File