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    13 Nov 2017

    Do you have a question about us or our statistics? Our Twitter channel now provides support 9am-4pm Mon-Fri. We look forward to helping you

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  2. 22 hours ago

    starts today at 8:30pm. Will you be turning your lights off?

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  3. Mar 30

    Explore how different factors are associated with mental disorders in children with our interactive

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  4. Mar 29

    This week we published our second full year of data on marriages of same-sex couples. Melissa Randall explains how these statistics add to our work to improve data on sexual orientation

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  5. Mar 29

    Household spending grew 0.3% in Q4 2018

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  6. Mar 29

    The UK’s current account deficit widened £0.7bn to £23.7bn (4.4% of GDP) in Q4 2018

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  7. Mar 29

    Households saving ratio grew to 4.5%, up from 4.1% in the previous quarter, mainly due to strong growth in wages and salaries

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  8. Mar 29

    Households were net borrowers in Q4 2018, and for an unprecedented nine quarters in a row

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  9. Mar 29

    0.6% fall in total Gross fixed capital formation (GFCF) in Q4 2018

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  10. Mar 29

    0.9% fall in Business Investment in Q4 2018 led by falls in ‘ICT equipment’ and ‘other machinery and equipment’ and ‘intellectual property products’. Business investment fell in every quarter of 2018

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  11. Mar 29

    Today we’ve released our latest set of national accounts data for Q4 2018. Read what has to say about it

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  12. Mar 29

    0.2% rise in in Q4, unrevised from the previous estimate. Services (+0.5%) grew but production (-0.8%) and construction (-0.5%) both fell

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  13. Mar 29

    Meanwhile 1,663 couples converted existing civil partnerships into a marriage in 2016

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  14. Mar 29

    In England and Wales in 2014, 4,850 same-sex couples married including 84 who tied the knot exactly five years ago today. In 2015, another 6,493 same-sex couples wed and in 2016 this number increased by 8.1% to 7,019 couples

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  15. Mar 29

    Today marks five years since same-sex partners have been able to legally marry in England and Wales

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  16. Retweeted
    Mar 28

    In 2016, the average age at marriage rose for men (37.9 years) and women (35.5 years) in England and Wales

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  17. Retweeted
    Mar 28

    There were 7,019 marriages between same-sex couples in 2016, an increase of 8.1% from 2015; 3,910 marriages between female couples vs 3,109 marriages between male couples

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  18. Mar 28

    How popular is your wedding day? Between 1996 and 2016 the most popular day to marry was 30 August. In those two decades 33,782 couples walked down the aisle on this day

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  19. Mar 28

    Marriage rates for opposite-sex couples were lower at all ages compared with 2006, except for men aged 60 and over and women aged 50 and over

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  20. Mar 28

    More couples are choosing to have civil ceremonies – 2016 was the first time ever that less than a quarter of couples had a religious ceremony

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  21. Mar 28

    Today’s report reveals marriage rates remained at historical lows in 2016 with 249,793 weddings in England and Wales. Of these, 2.8% were between same-sex couples

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