Financial services: contribution to the UK economy
By Georgina Hutton, Ali Shalchi
8 December 2021
Financial services: contribution to the UK economy
Summary 1 Measuring the contribution of the financial sector 2 Economic output 3 Jobs in financial services 4 Trade in financial services 5 Taxation of the financial services industry 6 Future of UK financial services sector
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Contents
Summary
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1 Measuring the contribution of the financial sector
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2 Economic output
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2.1 Economic output over time
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2.2 Financial services in the regions and countries of the UK
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2.3 International comparisons
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3 Jobs in financial services
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3.1 Jobs by region
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4 Trade in financial services
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4.1 Financial services trade with the EU
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4.2 Financial services trade with non-EU countries
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5 Taxation of the financial services industry
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6 Future of UK financial services sector
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6.1 Regulatory reform
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6.2 The UK as a global financial centre
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6.3 Trade deals
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Summary
This paper provides information on the economic output of the financial services sector and international comparisons; the number of jobs in the sector; statistics on the sector's exports and imports; and the amount of tax it contributes to the Exchequer.
In 2020, the financial services sector contributed ?164.8 billion to the UK economy, 8.6% of total economic output. The sector was largest in London, where half of the sector's output was generated.
The UK financial services sector was the third largest in the OECD in 2020 by its proportion of national economic output. Luxembourg's financial service sector was the largest in the OECD, contributing 25% of the country's economic output.
There were 1.1 million financial services jobs in the UK in Q1 2021, 3.3% of all jobs.
Exports of UK financial services were worth ?62 billion in 2020 and imports were worth ?16 billion, so there was a surplus in financial services trade of ?46 billion.
35% of financial services exports went to the EU and 31% of financial services imports came from the EU.
Future of the UK financial services sector
A twice-yearly ranking of the competitiveness of financial markets compiled by a City of London and a China-based think tank ranked London second in the world (narrowly behind New York) in September 2021. Edinburgh was ranked 22nd, down from 13th in September 2020.
The data so far suggests that jobs and business has been lost to other financial centres as a result of the UK leaving the European single market, but the impact may not be as big as initially feared by some. Our briefing The UKEU trade deal: financial services discusses the UK-EU trade deal's provisions on financial services and its impact.
The Government has embarked on far-reaching reform of financial services regulation with the aims of increasing competitiveness and taking advantage of newly-obtained freedoms to shape regulation after leaving the EU. Agreements have been negotiated with countries including Japan, Singapore, Switzerland and Australia as well as Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein which contain provisions on financial services and which the Government believes will help boost UK financial services exports.
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Measuring the contribution of the
financial sector
Measures of the financial sector usually include the activities of a wide range of firms, including retail banks, building societies, investment banks and hedge funds, and are wider than the activities of financial services firms located in the City and Canary Wharf. Mostly, `financial services' in this briefing paper are defined as the financial and insurance activities sector, Standard Industrial Classification Section K.
These statistics usually measure the contribution of the financial services and/or related sectors on a stand-alone basis. To some extent they may under-estimate the sector's total contribution to the UK economy. This is because a well-functioning financial sector may have positive "spill-over" effects for other sectors of the economy. For example, it may increase firms' access to credit and therefore help other sectors to grow.
There are a several other sources of information on the financial services sector. City UK represents the interests of the financial services sector in the UK and publishes an annual assessment of the economic impact of the UK financial services sector, most recently in November 2021: Enabling growth across the UK 2021: UK-based financial and related professional services. The City UK analysis uses different sources and so is not directly comparable to the data used in this paper.
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Economic output
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Economic output over time
Financial and insurance services contributed ?164.8 billion to the UK economy in 2020, 8.6% of the total.1 It was the fifth largest sector in terms of overall economic output.2
This differs from data published prior to 2021 due to ONS revisions to output data (see Box 1). These changes led to financial services output being higher as a proportion of total UK economic output compared to previously published data.3 For example, prior to the 2021 revisions, financial services output in 2019 was reported as ?124.9 billion, or 6.3% of UK economic output. After revisions, this is now ?164.8 billion or 8.6% of total economic output.
Financial services economic output
% of total UK economy, 1990?2020
10%
9%
8%
7%
6%
5%
4%
3%
2%
1%
0% 1990
1995
2000
2005
2010
Source: ONS Series KKP5 and KKK9
2015
2020
1 In terms of Gross Value Added (GVA). GVA is similar to GDP but used to measure the contribution of part of the economy, such as an industry or region. In brief, GVA is the contribution of part of the economy, minus any costs incurred in production.
2 Of the 20 main industrial sectors based on Standard Industrial Classification sections. 3 ONS, In the balance ? How we are improving our estimates of GDP, 28 June 2021; ONS, Impact of
Blue Book 2021 changes on current price and volume estimates of gross domestic product, 28 June 2021.
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Financial and insurance activities have grown as a proportion of total economic output since the early 2000s.
There was strong growth during the early 2000s, but since the financial crisis in 2008/9 the size of the sector has remained relatively stable as a proportion of total economic output. In 2020, the sector contributed 8.6% of the UK economic output, down from a peak of 9.1% in 2009.
This trend differs from data published prior to 2021 due to the recent revisions (Box 1). Growth in the sector is now lower on average in the years leading up to the financial crash, and higher in the last few years.
1 Revisions to financial services economic output
As part of its annual `Blue Book', which presents the UK national accounts, the ONS implemented technical changes to how it calculates economic output data.4 For the financial services sector, this included changes to the survey used to better capture the development of the financial services industry in recent years. In particular, the survey enabled the contribution of Other Financial Institutions (OFIs) and financial auxiliaries, such as administration of financial markets, risk and damage evaluation and fund management activities, to be better represented.
4 ONS, In the balance ? How we are improving our estimates of GDP, 28 June 2021; ONS, Impact of Blue Book 2021 changes on current price and volume estimates of gross domestic product, 28 June 2021.
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