Labour Force Survey
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of trends in the (a) response and (b) participation rates of Labour Market Force surveys.
Answered by Dame Diana Johnson
The DWP monitors a wide range of internal and external data – from management information, a range of surveys and administrative data sources - to inform its policymaking.
Actions taken to improve the quality of the ONS LFS data can be found here - Labour Force Survey quality update - Office for National Statistics
And information on the improvements to the sample size and response rate can be found here - Labour Force Survey performance and quality monitoring reports - Office for National Statistics
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