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Policies and procedures relating to DWP official statistics

The Department for Work and Pension's (DWP) policies and procedures for producing official statistics and complying with the Code of Practice for Statistics.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Published: 22 April 2026
• Last updated: 13 July 2026 — See all updates

Documents

Statement of compliance with the Code of Practice for Statistics

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TQV voluntary statement

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Release practice policy

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Confidentiality policy and data management approach

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Revisions and corrections policy

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Quality management approach

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Public involvement and engagement strategy

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All DWP official statistics are produced and published in line with the Office for Statistics Regulation’s Standards for Official Statistics. These policies and procedures explains how DWP meets the principles and practices outlined in the Code of Practice.

We publish the statistical work programme and the pre-release access list separately.

For queries relating to any of our statistics, or our policies and procedures for producing them, contact DWP by email at statistics.hopsupport@dwp.gsi.gov.uk.

Published 22 April 2026

Last updated 13 July 2026 — Show all updates

1. 13 July 2026

   Added a new section on applying the standards for Official Statistics to the Statement of compliance with the Code of Practice for Statistics, and a new section on statistical leadership to the Release practice policy.

2. 22 April 2026

   First published.