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Quarterly Acquisition and Disposal of Capital Assets Survey in the UK, indexed

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Summary

Previously Quarterly Capital Expenditure Survey (from 1998 to 2014). Collects quarterly information on value of capital assets purchased by UK businesses.

Description

This dataset was known as Quarterly Capital Expenditure Survey from 01 January 1998 until 31 December 2014. The Quarterly Acquisitions and Disposals of Capital Assets Survey (QCAS) collects quarterly information on the value of capital assets bought and sold by businesses in the UK within the private sector, including not-for-profit institutions. This includes the acquisitions and disposals of vehicles, other capital equipment, computer hardware, software and databases and intellectual property; acquisitions only of new building work (excluding dwellings), or other (construction) work of a capital nature. Exploration expenditure is collected for Standard Industrial Classification 2007 (SIC2007) 0600 only.

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About this data

Data creator
Office for National Statistics
Temporal coverage
01 January 1998 to 31 March 2020
Frequency
Quarterly
Dataset theme
Business and economy
Restrictions for access
Access for all accredited researchers
Project approval
Projects must be accredited
Search keywords
QCES QCAS Business Expenditure Economy Employment

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 1998 to 31 March 2020
FrequencyThe frequency at which the dataset resource is published or updated
Quarterly
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
QCAS
ProvenanceDetails of how this dataset resource came to be generated
Quarterly Acquisitions and Disposals of Capital Assets Survey (QCAS)