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Acknowledged
DWP and the Office for National Statistics both have survey and statistical research projects on...
Conclusion
DWP and the Office for National Statistics both have survey and statistical research projects on income. There is a risk that these overlap, reducing the quality of the overall data collected and contributing to reduced clarity in Government reporting of poverty data.
Government Response Summary
The government states it continually considers ways to improve statistical publications and will continue to liaise with OSR on its ongoing income and earnings coherence work, but does not specifically commit to addressing the identified risk of overlap between DWP and ONS projects.
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Government Response
Acknowledged
Government Response
Acknowledged
HM Government
Acknowledged
The Government continually considers ways to strengthen and improve its statistical publications in line with the UKSA Code of Practice for Statistics, and as detailed in the GSS income and Earnings Coherence work plan and the Cross-Government Income and Earnings Coherence Steering Group, chaired by the ONS, will continue to liaise with OSR on this work.
Source
Committee
Work and Pensions Committee
Report
Third Report - Children in poverty: Measurement and targets
22 Sep 2021
HC 188
Addressee Bodies
Department for Work and Pensions
Timeline
Recommendation age
4.8 yrs
Report published
22 Sep 2021