UK Construction Industry New Orders, Discontinued Time Series

New Orders in the Construction Industry is a discontinued economic indicator time series from the UK's Office for National Statistics. The data series was amalgamated into the broader Output in the Construction Industry release, with the first combined publication on 13 September 2013. It is designated as National Statistics and is available under the OGL-UK-3.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyze historical trends in UK construction demand based on the New Orders indicator.
• Model economic cycles in the construction sector using this discontinued time series.
• Benchmark past construction industry performance against other economic data.
• Study the impact of policy changes on construction investment before September 2013.

Strengths

• Data is designated as National Statistics, indicating a high standard of official statistics.
• Produced by the authoritative Office for National Statistics.
• Licensed under the permissive OGL-UK-3.0 for reuse.

Limitations

• The dataset is discontinued; data after September 2013 is part of a different release.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Office for National Statistics

Collection Method

Likely collected via official business surveys.

Time Range

Historical period up to its discontinuation in 2013.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:29.731273; freshness should be verified as the series is discontinued.

Geography

United Kingdom