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Labour Force Survey

Commons · Question 83278 · Tabled 20 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 27 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Mark Garnier

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.

Answer

Answered by Dame Diana Johnson, 27 Oct 2025

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...