Written Question·Treasury·UIN 11774

Labour Force Survey

Tabled: 29 October 2024
Answered: 4 November 2024

Question

Yuan Yang

LabourEarley and Woodley

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment she has made of the (a) accuracy and (b) utility of the Office for National Statistics Labour Force Survey.

Answer

Tulip Siddiq
Data from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) remains subject to a number of quality concerns following a fall in response rates, which fell from 47.9% in June to August 2013 to 14.6% in June to August 2023. The ONS is undertaking work to address these quality ...

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