The FRS aims to: support the monitoring of the social security programme; support the costing and modelling of changes to national insurance contributions and social security benefits; provide better information for the forecasting of benefit expenditure.<br> From April 2002, the FRS was extended to include Northern Ireland.<br> <br> Detailed information regarding anonymisation within the FRS can be found in User Guide 2 of the dataset documentation.<br> <br> For the second edition (October 2014) the data...

The <i>Opinions and Lifestyle Survey</i>, formerly known as <i>ONS Opinions Survey</i> or <i>Omnibus</i>, is a regular, multi-purpose survey which was carried out in eight months of the year from 1990 until April 2005, when it began to run monthly. Following the 'Fit for Future' consultation carried out by ONS at the beginning of 2014, the decision was taken to revert to running the survey in eight months of the year only; therefore from April 2014...

The <i>Survey of Personal Incomes</i> (SPI) is based on information held by HM Revenue and Customs tax offices on individuals who could be liable to UK income tax. It is carried out annually by HMRC and covers income assessable to tax for each tax year. Not all of them are taxpayers because the operation of personal reliefs and allowances may remove them from liability. Where income exceeds the threshold for operation of Pay-As-You-Earn (PAYE), the...

For the third edition (November 2014) an updated version of the data file was deposited, weighted to 2014 population figures (based on Census 2011). The new weighting variables are PIWT14 (income weight) and PWT14 (person weight). Also, non-responders are no longer included in the data due to a change in ONS database systems, so the number of cases is now reduced.<br> <br> <p><strong>Background</strong><br>The&nbsp;<em>Labour Force Survey</em>&nbsp;(LFS) is a unique source of information using international definitions of...

For the third edition (November 2014) an updated version of the data file was deposited, weighted to 2014 population figures (based on Census 2011). The new weighting variables are PIWT14 (income weight) and PWT14 (person weight). Also, non-responders are no longer included in the data due to a change in ONS database systems, so the number of cases is now reduced.<br> <p><strong>Background</strong><br>The&nbsp;<em>Labour Force Survey</em>&nbsp;(LFS) is a unique source of information using international definitions of employment...

For the third edition (November 2014) an updated version of the data file was deposited, weighted to 2014 population figures (based on Census 2011). The new weighting variables are PIWT14 (income weight) and PWT14 (person weight). Also, non-responders are no longer included in the data due to a change in ONS database systems, so the number of cases is now reduced.<br> <br> <p><strong>Background</strong><br>The&nbsp;<em>Labour Force Survey</em>&nbsp;(LFS) is a unique source of information using international definitions of...

The Special Licence version of the QLFS April - June, 2011 is held under SN 6904.<br> <br> For the second edition (November 2014) an updated version of the data file was deposited, weighted to 2014 population figures (based on Census 2011). The new weighting variables are PIWT14 (income weight) and PWT14 (person weight). Also, non-responders are no longer included in the data due to a change in ONS database systems, so the number of cases...

The Special Licence (SL) version of the QLFS July - September, 2010 is held under SN 6633.<br> <br> For the second edition (November 2014) an updated version of the data file was deposited, weighted to 2014 population figures (based on Census 2011). The new weighting variables are PIWT14 (income weight) and PWT14 (person weight). Also, non-responders are no longer included in the data due to a change in ONS database systems, so the number of...

The Special Licence Access version of the QLFS October - December, 2009 is held under SN 6405.<br> <br> For the second edition (November 2014) an updated version of the data file was deposited, weighted to 2014 population figures (based on Census 2011). The new weighting variables are PIWT14 (income weight) and PWT14 (person weight). Also, non-responders are no longer included in the data due to a change in ONS database systems, so the number of...

The Special Licence Access version of the QLFS July - September, 2009 is held under SN 6335.<br> <br> For the fourth edition (November 2014) an updated version of the data file was deposited, weighted to 2014 population figures (based on Census 2011). The new weighting variables are PIWT14 (income weight) and PWT14 (person weight). Also, non-responders are no longer included in the data due to a change in ONS database systems, so the number of...

For the third edition (November 2014) an updated version of the data file was deposited, weighted to 2014 population figures (based on Census 2011). The new weighting variable is PHHWT14 (household weight). <br> <br> <b>Background</b><br> The <i>Labour Force Survey</i> (LFS) is a unique source of information using international definitions of employment and unemployment and economic inactivity, together with a wide range of related topics such as occupation, training, hours of work and personal characteristics of...

For the fifth edition (November 2014) an updated version of the data file was deposited, weighted to 2014 population figures (based on Census 2011). The new weighting variable is PHHWT14 (household weight).<br> <b>Background</b><br> The <i>Labour Force Survey</i> (LFS) is a unique source of information using international definitions of employment and unemployment and economic inactivity, together with a wide range of related topics such as occupation, training, hours of work and personal characteristics of household members...