Question to the Department for Education:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to ensure that statistics issued by the Department for Education are of the highest quality.

The Department for Education takes its responsibilities around statistics very seriously and has strong processes in place to ensure its statistics are of the highest quality. The Department’s statistical policy on quality assurance is published and is available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/622918/Quality_Assurance_in_DfE.pdf and has been attached. The Department works closely with the UK Statistics Authority as it develops its statistics.