Economy MQ5: Investment by insurance companies, pension funds and trusts: April to June 2017
Net investment of £36 billion was reported by insurance companies, pension funds and trusts in Quarter 2 (Apr to June) 2017; the five-year quarterly average for this series is net investment of £6 billion; this is the second consecutive quarter of net investment, following record net disinvestment during 2016 (provisional estimate).
The Quarter 2 2017 estimate of net investment by unit trusts and property unit trusts (£22 billion) was the largest since the start of this series in 1987; this was mainly due to net investment in overseas securities (£13 billion). UK public sector finances: Aug 2017
Public sector net borrowing (excluding public sector banks) decreased by £0.2 billion to £28.3 billion in the current financial year-to-date (April 2017 to August 2017), compared with the same period in 2016; this is the lowest year-to-date net borrowing since 2007.
The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) forecast that public sector net borrowing (excluding public sector banks) will be £58.3 billion during the financial year ending March 2018.
Public sector net borrowing (excluding public sector banks) decreased by £1.3 billion to £5.7 billion in August 2017, compared with August 2016; this is the lowest August net borrowing since 2007. People, population and community Living abroad: dynamics of migration between UK and Ireland
There were an estimated 277,200 people born in the UK and resident in Ireland in 2016; of which 54% were aged 45 years and over.
UK State Pensions received by people living in Ireland (134,840) account for 28% of pensions received in the EU from the UK (excluding UK resident recipients), in February 2017.
An estimated 22,000 visits between 1 to 12 months were made to Ireland from England and Wales in the year ending June 2015. This is the fourth report in a series being published in response to an increased user need for data about the people who may be most likely to be affected by the UK's decision to leave the EU. Previous reports consider migration between the UK and Spain, the UK and the EU8 countries and the UK and France. Quarterly mortality report, England: Quarter 2 (Apr to June) 2017
Between 1 April and 30 June 2017, there were 117,220 deaths registered in England, lower than in the same period in 2013, 2015 and 2016.
The number of deaths registered so far in 2017 is lower than in 2015 (a particularly high year) but is higher than 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2016.
From Quarter 2 (Apr to June) 2001 to Quarter 2 2017, age-standardised mortality rates have decreased by 28% for males and 23% for females; since 2011, despite some year-on-year increases in rate, there has been an overall 6% decrease for males and 4% decrease for females. | 
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