Labour Market and Welfare

The Labour Market and Welfare theme includes statistics measuring different aspects of work and jobs and covers people’s employment, working patterns and the types of work they do. The theme also covers any earnings and benefits they receive.

We recently commented on a range of labour market and welfare statistics.

• Our review of the Living Costs and Food Survey (July 2021
• Our systemic review of income-based poverty statistics (May 2021)
• Our findings on the compliance check of labour market statistics for young people in Scotland (May 2021)
• Our assessment of the personal independence payment statistics for Northern Ireland as National Statistics (May 2021)

Our future plans for 2021/22 include a compliance check of Income Estimates for Small Areas produced by the Office for National Statistics and an assessment of the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency’s Pay in Northern Ireland Civil Service statistics. We will also continue to provide regulatory support to producers who are transforming their statistics, including the Labour Market Survey and statistics on Universal Credit.

Contact our regulators for this domain Elise Baseley and William Richardson for more information.

Planned Work

Published Correspondence – Labour Market and Welfare domain

Publications – Labour Market and Welfare domain