Question follow-through · 14864
Office for National Statistics: Standards
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, following errors identified in the Labour Force Survey, whether the (a) Cabinet Office and (b) UK Statistics Authority made an assessment of the accuracy of Office for National Statistics statistics.
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- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 1 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 6 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 14 Jul 2026 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
1 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, following errors identified in the Labour Force Survey, whether the (a) Cabinet Office and (b) UK Statistics Authority made an assessment of the accuracy of Office for National Statistics statistics.
6 Jul 2026
Target answer date
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14 Jul 2026
Answer published
In April 2025 following concerns about the accuracy of the Labour Force Survey and other ONS statistics the UKSA Board and the Cabinet Office jointly commissioned Sir Robert Devereux to independently review the performance and culture of the ONS. His repo...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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