This article presents the latest estimates of regional (NUTS1)Gross Value Added (GVA) at current basic prices for 2002, and revisions for the period 1989 to 2001 first published in Office for National Statistics (ONS) News Releases on 14 August and 20 August 2003. These estimates are consistent with the estimates of UK GVA published in the 2003 edition of United Kingdom National Accounts – The Blue Book.
The headline estimates that are presented are a moving average based trend of the unadjusted estimates for each region. These adjusted series remove some year to year volatility in the unadjusted series.