Statistics
DWP Tabulation Tool
The DWP are now releasing many of their National Statistics via a Tabulation Tool that allows the user to define their own bespoke analyses.
Click this link DWP Tabulation Tool to begin.
National Statistics
National Statistics is the official source for authoritative accurate and relevant information on the economy and society. It brings together a vast range of statistical information overseen by the National Statistician.
The Department for Work and Pensions has made major changes to the National Statistics which it publishes, both in the data sources employed and methods of delivery. In October 2005, DWP began releasing aggregate statistics using a new Internet tabulation tool. The Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study is now the source for benefit and employment scheme statistics. Please see the link below for access to the National Statistics via the Tabulation Tool.
The National Statistics logo is your assurance of statistics produced to the highest professional standards. The National Statistician has published the new National Statistics Code of Practice. The Code sets out the key principles and standards which official statisticians are expected to follow and uphold. The Code will be supported by thirteen Protocols that describe how those principles and standards are to be implemented in practice. The first two of these Protocols, covering Release Practices and consultation arrangements between UK Government Ministers and the National Statistician, were published with the Code. The Code and the first two protocols can be accessed via the following link to National Statistics On-line: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/about_ns/cop/default.aspDWP compliance statement
The Department for Work and Pensions is currently putting in place the arrangements necessary to implement the National Statistics Code of Practice and, in particular, its supporting Protocol on Release Practices.
- Click this link to see the full DWP compliance statement (263Kb)
Those NS publications which are produced by the DWP (formerly the DSS) can be found by clicking on the menu options on the left hand side of this page. These are derived from the administrative systems that deliver benefits and pensions and also from The Family Resources Survey that collects information on the characteristics of private households in Great Britain.
DWP statistics dissemination policy
The Department's approach to the release of its statistics is described at the following link:
DWP National Statistics Quality Review Annual Report 2004/05
The Department for Work and Pensions has published its first annual summary of developments aimed at improving the quality of its statistics. This report is in addition to full quality reviews of individual outputs that can be found at the website of the Office for National Statistics at http://www.statistics.gov.uk/about/data/methodology/quality/reviews/completed.asp
Click this link to see the full DWP National Statistics Quality Review Annual Report 2004/05.