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Recommendation 29
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Acknowledged
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DWP should work with other UK producers of income statistics to co-ordinate the current suite...
Recommendation
DWP should work with other UK producers of income statistics to co-ordinate the current suite of survey and data analysis to strengthen the breadth and depth of work and improve reporting clarity. DWP should write to us by March 2022 setting out the additional steps it has taken to integrate surveys to maximise their efficiency and reach.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government acknowledged the importance of improving statistical publications and referred to ongoing work like the GSS income and Earnings Coherence work plan and a cross-government steering group, but did not commit DWP to specific additional steps to integrate surveys or to writing to the Committee by March 2022.
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Government Response
Acknowledged
HM Government · verbatim extract
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. Recommendation 13
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