Plans to stop reporting the Parental Conflict Indicator as official statistics: Statistical Notice
This notice gives details on plans to stop reporting the Parental Conflict Indicator as regular official statistics and invites users to provide views and comments on these proposals.
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This notice gives details on plans to stop reporting the Parental Conflict Indicator as regular official statistics and invites users of these statistics to provide views and comments on these proposals.
The Parental Conflict Indicator was one of nine indicators set out under Improving Lives: Helping Workless Families to track progress in tackling the disadvantages that affect families and children’s outcomes. Since this policy initiative was launched under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government and has been superseded by several iterative programmes including the Family Hubs and Start for Life programme, and the Parental Conflict Indicator statistics have no statutory basis, the department plans to stop reporting them regularly.
The data for these statistics come from the longitudinal Understanding Society survey. These data are currently being collected again and will be available to academics and other interested stakeholders in 2028.
Data collected via the survey is securely stored by the UK Data Service, where researchers can access it online. Associated documentation is available from the Understanding Society website.
How to reply
Send your responses before Monday 8 June 2026 by email to: parentalconflict.statistics@dwp.gov.uk