NISRA recently consulted on proposed changes to statistical outputs, this output was part of that consultation. The consultation, which ended on 15 October, sought views from users and stakeholders to help NISRA to address the financial constraints imposed by the budget settlement for 2023-24, whilst minimising the impact on users and stakeholders. The full report on the outcome of the consultation, including users’ responses, actions planned and mitigations, can be found on the consultation webpage.
We are proposing: The Quarterly Employment Survey statistical bulletin will be reduced to headline results only; some further analysis will be removed (for example Composition of Employee Jobs (Full-time/Part-time) and UK Comparisons). The bulletin will be reduced from 25 pages to approximately 5 pages. Data will continue to be provided in the existing supplementary tables, with the number of supplementary tables remaining the same (approximately 15 tables).
Action: Consistent with some of the responses received in this consultation, NISRA will proceed with scaling back the statistical bulletin as planned but recognises the wide range of uses of the supplementary data and will consider what detailed analysis should continue to be included in statistical bulletins.
Date proposed change will come into effect: 12 December 2023.
QES Statistical Bulletin - September 2023