Source · Select Committees · Work and Pensions Committee
Recommendation 27
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Deferred
Paragraph: 103
DWP should liaise with other government departments to identify lessons for how it might take...
Recommendation
DWP should liaise with other government departments to identify lessons for how it might take a more constructive approach to sharing data related to child poverty. DWP should write to us by June 2022 updating us on its progress (a) in working with the Office for National Statistics, Administrative Data UK and other government departments to develop new data matching and analysis programmes to understand better the causes and consequences of child income poverty; and (b) in addressing local authority concerns about the sharing of Universal Credit administrative data.
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The government intends to conduct more detailed research into the possibility of improving existing data shares, including investigating local authority concerns, rather than committing to specific actions or timelines outlined by the committee.
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Government Response
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HM Government · verbatim extract
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As we wrote to you earlier in the year we intend to conduct more detailed research into the possibility of making improvements to existing data shares, including taking into account the costs and benefits of doing so, and attempting to balance this against other resource demands. This work includes investigating the local authority reasons for additional data shares, and whether legal gateways exist, enabling us to conduct these data shares. We are continuing to engage local authorities in this work and have established a Working Group of 40 representative local authorities to ensure all requests are considered. Recommendation 12
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