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Parts of the labour market data report delayed

UK DATA
  • The ONS has delayed part of its labour market data by a week to Tuesday 24 October.
  • It will still publish average weekly earnings, vacancies, PAYE employment/earnings on the scedueld date of 17 October.
  • On 24 October we will have access to the labour market overview, employment and the regional data.
  • "To improve the quality of our Labour Market estimates, including response rates, we are in the process of transforming the Labour Force Survey, asking more people in different ways about their engagement with the jobs market. The first figures from this new transformed survey are due to be published in our headline releases from next spring."
  • As we have explained previously – and in common with other national statistical institutes – response rates for some key ONS household surveys have been falling. This has complicated the production of some of the indicators based on the current UK Labour Force Survey (LFS)."
  • "Because of this, the publication of the next ONS Labour Force Survey (previously due on Tuesday 17 October) is being put back slightly to give us additional time to produce the best possible estimates of the labour market using the best available data sources. These data will now be published on Tuesday 24 October

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