UK Forestry Statistics 2016 on Employment, Businesses, and Health & Safety

The latest National Statistics on forestry produced by the Forestry Commission were released on 22 September 2016. This dataset covers statistics on employment in forestry and wood processing, health and safety, and businesses. Detailed statistics are published in the web publication Forestry Statistics 2016, with an extract in Forestry Facts & Figures 2016.

Use Cases

• Analyze employment trends in the forestry sector based on the employment statistics mentioned in the description
• Assess business demographics and economic activity in wood processing based on the business statistics
• Evaluate workplace health and safety incidents and trends within the forestry industry
• Compare regional forestry employment and business data across England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland where possible

Strengths

• Data is produced as official National Statistics under arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.
• Statistics are detailed and published in a formal web publication, Forestry Statistics 2016.
• Where possible, figures are provided with a geographic breakdown for the UK constituent countries.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; the data is from 2016 and freshness unverified.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale ML tasks.

Provenance

Source

Forestry Commission, published via the Government Digital Service.

Collection Method

Official National Statistics collection and compilation.

Time Range

2016

Freshness

Data is from 2016; update frequency is unknown.

Geography

United Kingdom, with possible breakdowns for England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.