Version: 2.0.0 | Published: 2 Jul 2025 | Updated: 11 days ago
Environmental Protection Expenditure Survey - UK
Dataset
Summary
Citation:
Office for National Statistics, released 01 July 2025, ONS SRS Metadata
Catalogue, dataset, Environmental Protection Expenditure Survey - UK,
https://doi.org/10.57906/d8qy-w807
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Description:
The dataset contains the microdata used to produce the published Environmental Protection Expenditure (EPE) Survey 2022 estimates. It also includes revised data for operating environmental protection expenditure costs, capital environmental protection expenditure and profits made from disposal of environmental protection capital assets for periods 2020, 2021 as well as the latest 2022 data. Unrevised data for 2015 to 2019 are also available on SRS.
The EPE Survey samples approximately 3,000 UK businesses using the Inter-Departmental Business Register (IDBR) as the sampling frame.
The design is a stratified single-stage random sample, with the target population being stratified by industry and employment size. Sample selection occurs independently within each stratum.
All businesses with 250 employees or above are selected, together with a random sample of businesses from each of the other strata, defined by two-digit SIC 2007 industry and employment size band.
The survey samples businesses that operate in four industries, based on Standard Industrial Classification (SIC):
• SIC Section B - Mining and quarrying
• SIC Section C - Manufacturing
• SIC Section D - Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply
• SIC Section E- Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities
Questionnaires are sent to the selected businesses. Respondents are asked to report the operating environmental protection expenditure costs, capital environmental protection expenditure and profits made from disposal of environmental protection capital assets during the reference period.
In 2016, questions were added to the EPE Survey to obtain estimates of external operational expenditure (before this, information was collected only on in-house operational expenditure) and information on the profits from the disposals of any capital assets that had been used for environmental protection purposes.
Coverage
Spatial
Spatial Coverage:
United Kingdom
Geographical Levels:
n/a
Temporal
Start Date:
01 January 2015
Latest Data:
31 December 2022
Frequency:
ANNUAL
Distribution Release Date:
01 July 2025
Provenance
Source:
Survey
Access and Governance
Usage
Condition of Access:
Standard access conditions for the use of data in the SRS
Condition of Use:
Standard conditions for the use of data in the SRS
Resource Creator:
Office for National Statistics
Access
Access Service:
- Safe Rooms, SafePods
- Assured Organisational Connectivity – office based
- Assured Organisational Connectivity – remote access
Jurisdictions:
- GB-EAW
- GB-SCT
- GB-NIR
Data Controller:
Office for National Statistics
Access Level:
Access Level 3
Format and Standards
Languages:
en
Formats:
EXCEL
Origin
Name:
ONS Secure Research Service