In the 3 months to February 2017, services output increased by 0.5% compared with the 3 months ending November 2016; the 3-month on 3-month growth rates show that services output continues to slow since October 2016.

In the 3 months to February 2017, services output increased by 2.5% compared with the same period a year ago.

Services output increased by 0.2% between January 2017 and February 2017; this follows negative growth of 0.1% between December 2016 and January 2017, unrevised from the previous estimate.