ONS

abbreviation for

1. Office for National Statistics

Example Sentences

While the drop was bigger than expected last month, the ONS said that wider trends showed sales had been sturdy.

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"When we look at the wider trend, retail sales are increasing across the three-month and annual periods, although they remain below pre-pandemic levels," said ONS senior statistician Hannah Finselbach.

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The ONS figures showed that interest payments on government debt hit £9.1bn last month, the highest October figure since monthly records began in 1997.

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Average rent paid to private landlords was up 8.7% in year to October, the ONS says.

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There were more than 50,000 incidents of knife crime recorded in 2023-2024, an increase of 4% on the previous year, according to the latest ONS figures.

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