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Measures include:
Ending our analysis on the night-time economy, and lifestyles and risk factors and reviewing our approach to other work previously funded by external organisations.
- Scaling back activity related to wellbeing statistics, including reducing publication of our main dashboard from a quarterly to an annual basis, supported by a shorter quarterly set of measures to meet new international requirements.
- Stopping further development of some subnational statistics - Health, Wellbeing and Place research will not progress and instead data will be made available to researchers through the Secure Research Service; Subnational estimates of tourism spending and Tourism Direct Gross Value Added will be stopped.
- Pausing our quarterly greenhouse gas emission (residence basis) statistics - annual greenhouse gas emissions statistics continue to be published by the ONS, DESNZ and Defra.
- Reducing the ONS's involvement in health surveys - the Health Survey for England and the Mental Health of Children and Young People Survey will no longer be run by the ONS as previously planned.
This shift may impact the availability of timely economic indicators, particularly regarding health and wellbeing, potentially leading to less visibility into these areas for policymakers and markets. The implications for economic analysis could be significant, especially as the UK faces ongoing challenges in assessing growth and recovery.
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