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 UK benefit statistics including our assessment report of the Department and Work and Pensions’ Benefit Statistics and our findings from our compliance check of the Department for Communities’ benefits statistics summary for Northern Ireland (November 2020)
- Our findings on the compliance check of the Indices of Deprivation statistics in England, Scotland and Wales (July 2020)
- A package of outputs on labour market statistics including our assessment report of the Office for National Statistics’ UK employment and jobs statistics and our findings from our compliance check of key labour market statistical reports for the devolved administrations (March 2020)
Our future plans for 2020/21 include an assessment of the Department for Communities’ Personal Independence Payment statistics for Northern Ireland and a systemic review of Poverty statistics.
Contact our regulator for this domain Elise Baseley for more information.
Planned Work
| Project | Geography | Project Type | Timescale |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal Independence Payment statistics (Department for Communities, Northern Ireland) | Northern Ireland | Assessment | November 2020 - April 2021 |
| Youth Unemployment APS quarterly release (Scottish Government) | Scotland | Compliance Check | January 2021 - March 2021 |
| Poverty Statistics | United Kingdom | Systemic Review | November 2020 - May 2021 |
| Benefit Statistics (Department for Work and Pensions) | Great Britain | Assessment | Continuing from 2020/21: Phase 2 |
| UK Employment and Jobs statistics (Office for National Statistics), including follow up on Compliance Checks in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland | United Kingdom, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland | Assessment | Continuing from 2019/20: Phase 2 |
Correspondence
Response from Ed Humpherson to Shaun Richards: ONS Average earnings figures
19 March 2021
Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation
Mark Pont to Siobhan Carey: Department for Communities’ Benefits Statistics Summary for Northern Ireland
18 November 2020
Mark Pont, Office for Statistics Regulation to Siobhan Carey, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency
Ed Humpherson to Steve Ellerd-Elliot: Assessment of the Department for Work and Pensions’ Benefit Statistics
18 November 2020
Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation to Steve Ellerd-Elliott, Department for Work and Pensions
Ed Humpherson to Sean Whellams: Working-age benefit combination statistics
18 November 2020
Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation to Sean Whellams, HM Revenue and Customs
Ed Humpherson response to Peter Martin: Assessment of the NI Personal Independence Payment experimental statistics as National Statistics
3 November 2020
Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation to Peter Martin, Department for Communities
Publications
Assessment Report: Benefit statistics
18 November 2020
Published in: Assessment Report
Assessment Report: UK employment and jobs statistics
26 March 2020
Published in: Assessment Report
Statistics on Sickness Absence in the Northern Ireland Civil Service
30 April 2019
Published in: Assessment Report
News & Events
OSR statement on the impact of COVID-19 on the Labour Force Survey
5 February 2021
OSR launches its review of poverty statistics
20 November 2020
The Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) Publishes its Reviews of UK Benefit Statistics
18 November 2020
The Office for Statistics Regulation encourages ONS to enhance employment and jobs statistics
26 March 2020