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Recommendation 33

33 Deferred Paragraph: 117

DWP should write to us by June 2022 setting out precisely what additional subgroup analysis,...

Recommendation
DWP should write to us by June 2022 setting out precisely what additional subgroup analysis, including analysis of ethnic minority households, it expects to be able to conduct as a result of the increase in the sample size for its Family Resources Survey.
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The government deferred the request, stating it is not possible to provide a precise list of subgroups for analysis by June 2022 as it depends on data collected, response rates, and final sample sizes from the FRS boost starting April 2022.
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Paragraph Reference: 117
Government Response Deferred
HM Government · verbatim extract Deferred
The full FRS boost starts in April 2022. Precisely which subgroups can be covered post-boost will depend on analysis on the data collected, the response rate and final sample sizes we achieve. It is therefore not possible to provide a list of subgroups by June 2022. Recommendation 15
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