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Family Resources Survey: release strategy

This release strategy acts as the formal notice of changes to future releases of the Family Resources Survey (FRS) publication.

From:
Department for Work and Pensions
Published
23 March 2023
Last updated
25 June 2026 — See all updates

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Family Resources Survey: release strategy

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The strategy describes the potential release of new statistics within the 2025 to 2026 and 2026 to 2027 publication and announces any other developments.

The FRS release strategy is not a static document; it will be updated as plans develop, to provide users with details of latest developments.

Updates to this page

Published 23 March 2023
Last updated 25 June 2026 Show all updates

  1. Updated the 'Family Resources Survey: release strategy' to reflect the change to the planned summer update which will no longer be published on 30 June 2026 and updated details section for publication years 2025 to 2026 and 2026 to 2027.

  2. Added date of 30 June to release updated datasets and estimates for2018 to 2019 and 2020 to 2021 inclusive.

  3. New information in the release strategy to align with 'Family Resources Survey: financial year 2024 to 2025' report

  4. Page updated to include information including Children in Low Income Families (CiLIF) Statistics Development, a new additional poverty measure named ‘Below Average Resources’ (BAR) and deferral of the revised grossing factors for 2024 to 2025

  5. Updates to 'Family Resources Survey: release strategy', sections 4. Changes coming to FRS statistics and 5. Other developments.

  6. Page and document updated to reflect 2024 to 2025 and 2025 to 2026 developments.

  7. Content updated throughout to keep in line with developments already documented.

  8. Updates made throughout the Family Resources Survey: release strategy.

  9. First published.

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