United Kingdom National Accounts - The Blue Book

The annual United Kingdom National Accounts are published in an online publication (Blue Book) by the Office for National Statistics. It records and describes economic activity in the United Kingdom and as such is used by government, banks, academics and industries to formulate the economic and social policies and monitor the economic progress of the United Kingdom. It also allows international comparisons to be made. The Blue Book is published alongside the United Kingdom Balance of Payments – The Pink Book.

Chapter 1; provides a summary of the UK National Accounts along with explanations and tables that cover the main national and domestic aggregates, for example gross domestic product (GDP) at current market prices and chained volume measures; the GDP deflator; gross value added (GVA) at basic prices; gross final expenditure at current prices; GDP per head and; GDP and real household disposable income.

Chapter 2; Includes Input-Output Supply and Use tables and analyses of gross value added at current market prices and chained volume measures, capital formation and employment, by industry. These describe the relationship among the various producers in the economy and how products move between each sector in the economy. This section analyses GVA, Gross Fixed Capital Formation and employment by the ten broad industry groups;

I. Agriculture

II. Production

III. Construction

IV. Distribution, Transport and Hotels

V. Information and Communication

VI. Financial & Insurance

VII. Real Estate

VIII. Professional and Support Activities

IX. Government, Health and Education

X. Other Services

Chapters 3 (Non-financial corporations), 4 (Financial Corporations), 5 (General Government), 6 (Households and Non-profit Institutions Serving Households (NPISH)) and 7 (Rest of World) cover the sector accounts. The sector accounts summarise the transactions of particular groups of institutions within the economy, showing how the income from production is distributed and redistributed and how savings are used to add wealth through investment in physical or financial assets.

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