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Delay to Labour Force Survey data for Northern Ireland

Date published: 11 March 2024

Delay to Labour Force Survey data for Northern Ireland

An issue has been identified in the ONS’s processing of Labour Force Survey (LFS) data for Northern Ireland for the November 2023 to January 2024 period, which was due for publication on 12 March 2024.

Investigations to rectify the issue are ongoing at ONS and, as such, it will not be possible for NISRA to publish key LFS based labour market indicators for Northern Ireland for the period in question as planned tomorrow.

NISRA’s data collection for the November 2023 to January 2024 period is unaffected: the quality and response rates in the data collections are similar to recent periods.  NISRA’s Labour Market Release tomorrow will include HMRC Real Time Information data for Northern Ireland, Quarterly Employment Survey data, Claimant count data and the NI redundancy data as planned.

ONS will release UK LFS figures tomorrow, but will not release the regional data for Northern Ireland.  Further information is available in this statement from ONS.

NISRA will publish LFS data for Northern Ireland for the period in question as soon as practicable and will announce a revised publication date as soon as investigations at ONS conclude.

NISRA apologises for any inconvenience that this may cause.

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