DWP administrative-based benefit statistics: proposed changes to scheduling and frequency of releases

From:: Department for Work and Pensions
Published: 17 February 2026

Summary

User views are sought on the Department for Work and Pension's plans to change the scheduling and alignment and reduce the frequency of some of our routine administrative-based benefit Official Statistics, including Universal Credit. This consultation will run until 31 March 2026 for proposal 1 and to 12 May 2026 for proposals 2 to 5.

This consultation closes at
11:45pm on 12 May 2026

Consultation description

We would like your input as users on proposals 1 to 5. These proposals are intended to improve sequencing of our benefit Official Statistics in a way that makes sense to users, whilst ensuring we can redirect some resources to enable our statistical teams to deliver required development work to support transformation and respond to emerging policy priorities through development of new statistics and by providing additional context drawing on a wider range of source data to better inform the story.

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