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<p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p>Please
see the letter attached from the National Statistician and Chief Executive of the
UK Statistics Authority.</p><p> </p><p>Lord Elliott of Mickle Fell</p><p>House of
Lords</p><p>London</p><p>SW1A 0PW</p><p> </p><p>04 April 2024</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Dear
Lord Elliott of Mickle Fell,</p><p> </p><p>As National Statistician and Chief Executive
of the UK Statistics Authority, I am responding to your Parliamentary Question asking
when the Office for National Statistics (ONS) plans to begin publishing data classifying
jobs in the labour market based on the new six-digit Extended Standard Occupational
Classification 2020 framework rather than the current four-digit Standard Occupational
Classification 2020 framework (HL3670).</p><p> </p><p>The ONS collects information
on the labour market status of individuals through the Labour Force Survey (LFS),
which is a survey of people resident in households in the UK. In addition to their
labour market status, working respondents provide a description of their job allowing
us to classify their occupation to the appropriate Standard Occupational Classification
2020 (SOC2020) code.</p><p> </p><p>Similarly, the 2021 Census collected information
allowing us to identify the labour market status of individuals and classify their
occupation in line with SOC2020.</p><p> </p><p>Much of the job information from these
sources, collected from respondents, do not contain sufficient detail to give an accurate
coding at the six-digit lower-level classification. Consequently, the ONS currently
has no plans to publish data at the six-digit SOC2020 level.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Yours
sincerely,</p><p> </p><p>Professor Sir Ian Diamond</p><p> </p>
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