Dear Ms Abrahams, Firstly, congratulations on your appointment as Chair of the Work and Pensions Committee. I previously responded to a letter from your predecessor, Sir Stephen Timms MP, on Defined Benefit (DB) pension scheme funding at the beginning of this year. I wanted to write to update you on progress made on these statistics, […]
Dear Sir Stephen, Thank you for your letter of 13 December 2023 regarding Defined Benefit (DB) pension scheme funding. I am delighted to see the Committee’s interest in these statistics, following on from the work we have done to redevelop the survey. To take your questions in turn: Whether we have anything to add on […]
Dear Sir Stephen Timms, I write in response to the Work and Pensions Committee’s call for evidence for its inquiry, ‘Plan for Jobs and Employment Support. This inquiry is of particular interest and relevance to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) as we are responsible for producing employment and labour market statistics and analysis for […]
On 26 May 2021, Ed Humpherson, Director General for Regulation at the Office for Statistics Regulation, gave evidence to the Work and Pensions Committee for its inquiry on Children in poverty: measurement and targets. A transcript of which has been published on the UK Parliament’s website.
Dear Mr Timms, I write in response to the Work and Pensions Committee’s call for evidence for its inquiry on the disability employment gap. As the Committee will be aware, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) is the UK’s National Statistical Institute, and largest producer of official statistics. We aim to provide a firm evidence […]
Dear Mr Timms, I write in response to the Work and Pensions Committee’s call for evidence for its inquiry on the Department for Work and Pensions’ preparations for changes in the world of work. As the Committee will be aware, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) is the UK’s National Statistical Institute, and largest producer […]