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Low Carbon and Renewable Energy Economy Survey in the UK

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Summary

Business survey data on business activity in the low carbon and renewable energy sector.

Description

The dataset contains the microdata used to produce the published Low Carbon and Renewable Energy Economy (LCREE) Survey 2021 estimates. It also includes revised data for turnover, employment, imports, exports and capital assets for periods 2019, 2020 as well as the latest 2021 data. Unrevised data for 2014 to 2018 are also available on SRS. The LCREE Survey samples approximately 24,000 UK businesses using the Inter-Departmental Business Register (IDBR) as the sampling frame. Within the chosen target population, all businesses with 250 or more employees are selected, together with a random sample of businesses from each of the other strata, defined by two-digit SIC 2007 industry, country, and employment size-band. The sample is supplemented with a small number of businesses that are known to be highly active in one or more of the LCREE sectors but do not have large enough employment to be selected as part of the census strata. These businesses are allocated to a reference list. Questionnaires are sent to the selected businesses. Respondents are asked if the business operates in any of the 17 LCREE sectors. Respondents are then asked to report the turnover, imports, exports, employment, and capital assets for any of the LCREE sectors they have operated in during the reference period.

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About this data

Data creator
Office for National Statistics
Temporal coverage
01 January 2014 to 31 December 2020
Frequency
Annual
Dataset theme
Business and economy
Restrictions for access
Access for all accredited researchers
Project approval
Projects must be accredited
Search keywords
LCREE Business Economy Employment Energy Renewable technologies Trade Turnover

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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 2020
FrequencyThe frequency at which the dataset resource is published or updated
Annual
Geographic levelThe lowest level of geography covered by the dataset
Postcode
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
No requirements
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
LCREE
ProvenanceDetails of how this dataset resource came to be generated
Survey