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Universal Credit statistics: quality assurance of administrative data report

Information about Universal Credit statistics quality assurance of administrative data.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Published: 10 November 2020
• Last updated: 14 May 2024 — See all updates

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

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Universal Credit statistics: quality assurance of administrative data report

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The Universal Credit statistics quality assurance of administrative data (QAAD) report contains information on the Universal Credit administrative data sources. The UK Statistics Authority QAAD toolkit was used for the quality assessment by using the following practice areas:

• operational context and administrative data collection
• communication with data supply partners
• quality assurance principles, standards and checks applied by data suppliers
• producer’s quality assurance investigations and documentation

The latest release of Universal Credit statistics can be found in the Universal Credit statistics collection.

Published 10 November 2020
Last updated 14 May 2024 + show all updates

1. 14 May 2024

   Updated 'Universal Credit statistics: background information and methodology' by adding a new Table 2 and Annex A. Sections 3.1, 3.4 and 3.2 have also been updated. The latest release of Universal Credit statistics has been published today, 14 May 2024.

2. 10 November 2020

   First published.