DLUHC enabled spend statistics, 2021-22 and 2022-23: Development plan
Updated 16 January 2024
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Background
Purpose of this document
The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) is committed to the ongoing review and improvement of published statistics to ensure they are of the highest quality and public value. In support of this commitment, we will publish ongoing statistics development plans.
We aim to continually improve the quality, trustworthiness and value of the DLUHC enabled spend data and statistics publication. This development plan explains how we intend to do this.
DLUHC enabled spend statistics
Government is committed to improving how UK government spend is collated and reported, as set out in the Levelling Up White Paper .
To meet this commitment, we have published DLUHC enabled spend data and statistics, which includes:
- DLUHC enabled spend data – a dataset of direct spend and funding delegated to local authorities by the department, provided in a machine-readable ‘tidy data’ format
- DLUHC enabled spend statistical release – this commentary summarises and explains the published enabled spend data
- DLUHC enabled spend data tables – displaying key figures used in the report in a more accessible format
Statistical classification
DLUHC enabled spend data and statistics are published as official statistics in development, a subset of newly developed or innovative official statistics that are undergoing development. We are working towards designation of these statistics as official statistics.
Development plan
The following is a list of DLUHC’s expected actions following this first release.
Actions to improve the publication and underlying data going forward
- Actively seek feedback from data users on how to improve methods and reporting, integrating feedback into future development activity.
- Refactor supporting code into a single data improvement and reporting package, allowing for streamlined replication in future releases.
- Further explore RDEL and CDEL spend by segment and local authority.
- Engage with finance colleagues to enhance and streamline data collection through finance platforms and develop a training plan to support accurate recording and understanding of contextual data.
- Undertake a review of data structures and labelling, aiding improvements to both recording and interpretation.
- Explore the use of Revenue Outturn data instead of Core Spending Power, to ensure DLUHC spend delegated to local authorities are best reflected in these statistics.
- Explore reapportionment of business spend to address any residual spend headquartering effects in the data.