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Annual Acquisition and Disposal of Capital Assets Survey

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Summary

Data used for deriving a product breakdown of the assets used within estimation of gross fixed capital formation for use within the National Accounts.

Description

The Annual Acquisition and Disposals of Capital Assets Survey (ACAS) is the only survey conducted by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) that collects detailed product breakdown on capital expenditure. It collects acquisition and disposal data on: Vehicle and other transport equipment (including new, used and goods vehicles). Machinery and equipment; New building work (excluding dwellings); Services associated with buildings and other capital expenditure (including computer services, business consultancy, engineering, and construction services). The previous name of this survey was Capital Assets Survey or Business Spend.

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About this data

Data creator
Office for National Statistics
Temporal coverage
01 January 2014 to 31 December 2018
Frequency
Annual
Dataset theme
Business and economy
Restrictions for access
Access for all accredited researchers
Project approval
Projects must be accredited
Search keywords
ACAS BCSI Business Capital Construction

Metadata

Metadata

Dataset themeMain category for the topic of the resource
Business and economy
Dataset resource typeThe type of the dataset resource
Survey
Geographic coverageThe geographic area covered by the dataset
UK
Temporal coverageThe timeframes covered by these data
01 January 2014 to 31 December 2018
FrequencyThe frequency at which the dataset resource is published or updated
Annual
Geographic levelThe lowest level of geography covered by the dataset
Not applicable
Data creatorThe name of the organisation that produced or published this resource
Office for National Statistics
Data contributorsThe name(s) of any organisation(s), other than the data supplier or provider, that have data which are included in this dataset resource
Licensing statusThe license used for making this resource available and defining how it can be used
Restricted
Disclosure controlThe standard or bespoke disclosure control rules that apply to this dataset
Standard disclosure rules apply
Restrictions for accessRestrictions for users and researchers accessing data in Google Cloud Platform
Access for all accredited researchers
Research outputsThe approval route researchers must take for their outputs to be published
Research outputs must be sent to the data owner
Project approvalThe project approvals needed for this resource
Projects must be accredited
Research disclaimerThe disclaimer required to be published with the outputs for this dataset
No requirements
AcronymAny other names or acronyms used to refer to the data
ACAS
ProvenanceDetails of how this dataset resource came to be generated
Annual Acquisitions and Disposals of Capital Assets Survey (ACAS)