Social and Welfare

The National Statistics Quality Review Programme has been introduced to help ensure that National Statistics and other official statistical outputs are fit for purpose and that there is a process to support the continuing improvement in the quality and value of these outputs. It is a key component for quality assuring National Statistics as set out in the Government White Paper "Building Trust in Statistics"....more...

Links to the published Quality Review Reports for this theme will be added to this page as the reviews are completed. The National Statistician's response and any departmental plans so far reported for the implementation of recommendations will also be placed here.

NSQR Series Report No.31 - Review of Issues in Measuring Household Income and the Redistribution of Income
Released 19 March 2004 - Published by Office for National Statistics

• Letter From the Divisional Director to the National Statistician (37Kb pdf)
• Response From the National Statistician (24Kb pdf)



• Report (284Kb Word file)

NSQR Series Report No.28: Review of Households Below Average Income and the Pensioners' Incomes Series
Released 27 February 2004 - Published by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)

• Letter from the Review Project Leader/Project Chair (2.8Mb Word file)
• Response from the National Statistician (102Kb pdf)



• Report (538Kb Word file)
• Q&A Brief (30Kb Word file)

National Statistics Quality Reviews
Released 30 November 2001 - Published by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)

NSQR Series Report No. 5 - Income Support Statistics
NSQR Series Report No. 6 - Job Seeker's Allowance Statistics
NSQR Series Report No. 7 - Child Support Agency Statistics

Letter from the Head of Profession for Statistics to the National Statistician (48Kb pdf)

Response from the National Statistician to the Head of Profession (32Kb pdf)

NSQR Series Report No. 5 - Review of Income Support Statistics

• Q&A Brief (6Kb pdf)
• Report (110Kb pdf)

NSQR Series Report No. 6 - Review of Job Seeker's Allowance Statistics

• Q&A Brief (6Kb pdf)
• Report (73Kb pdf)

NSQR Series Report No. 7 - Review of Child Support Agency Statistics

• Q&A Brief (6Kb pdf)
• Report (78Kb pdf)

For further information contact:
Neil Sorensen (DWP): +44 (0)191 22 53760 for the three reviews' specific enquiries.

For all other general enquiries contact info@statistics.gov.uk

This page last revised: Tuesday, 6 June 2004