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<p>Table 5 of the ONS BERD release included figures for R&D employment in UK businesses
by broad product group. This included the following estimates:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Services
and Other (non-manufacturing): Total R&D employment</p></td><td><p>417,000</p></td><td><p>437,000</p></td><td><p>451,000</p></td><td><p>554,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Separately,
Table 3 breaks down expenditure on Services R&D into seven product group</p><p>and
Other R&D into four product groups; it is likely that patterns of employment within
each group over time are correlated with patterns of expenditure. The ONS figures
provide the current best estimate of R&D at the total UK level which have been
validated against other available data. However, there is less data for validation
and increased uncertainty in the estimates below the total BERD figures. The Government
looks forward to further improvements from the ONS in how the BERD statistics are
compiled in future releases.</p>
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