Data set from Employer Skills Survey

Investment in training

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Published 30 March 2023

Last updated 30 March 2023

The total investment through all training, off-the-job training and on-the-job training, as well as investment in training per employee and trainee in 2019. Indicators can be broken down by UK nation, sector and establishment size.

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Data set details

• Theme: UK education and training statistics
• Publication: Employer Skills Survey
• Release: Calendar year 2019
• Number of rows: 1,034
• Geographic levels: National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Total investment through all training
  • Total investment through off-the-job training
  • Total investment through on-the-job training
  • Investment in training per employee
  • Investment in training per trainee
  • Number of employees
  • Number of trainees
  • Sample size in the Investment in Training follow-up survey
• Filters:
  • Sector
  • Establishment size
• Time period: 2019

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

country_name	country_code	region_name	region_code	estab_size	sector	time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	iit_sample_size	employees	trainees	total_per_employee	total_per_trainee	sum_off_job_mn	sum_on_job_mn	sum_total_mn
England	E92000001	East Midlands	E12000004	100+	Arts & Other Services	2019	Calendar year	Regional	c	u	u	u	u	u	u	u
England	E92000001	East Midlands	E12000004	100+	Business Services	2019	Calendar year	Regional	5	u	u	u	u	u	u	u
England	E92000001	East Midlands	E12000004	100+	Education	2019	Calendar year	Regional	8	u	u	u	u	u	u	u
England	E92000001	East Midlands	E12000004	100+	Health & Social Work	2019	Calendar year	Regional	c	u	u	u	u	u	u	u
England	E92000001	East Midlands	E12000004	100+	Hotels & Restaurants	2019	Calendar year	Regional	7	u	u	u	u	u	u	u

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 10 variables

Variable name	Variable description
employees	Number of employees
estab_size	Establishment size - Filter by establishment size
iit_sample_size	Sample size in the Investment in Training follow-up survey
sector	Sector - Filter by sector
sum_off_job_mn	Total investment through off-the-job training
sum_on_job_mn	Total investment through on-the-job training
sum_total_mn	Total investment through all training
total_per_employee	Investment in training per employee
total_per_trainee	Investment in training per trainee
trainees	Number of trainees

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Email: se.employerskillssurvey@DWP.GOV.UK
Contact name: Victoria Leech

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