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Benefits and tax credits harmonised standard

Following the introduction of the Family Resources Survey (FRS) 2025/26 and the latest questionnaire instructions, the current Harmonised Standard no longer aligns with the current benefits and tax system. For more detailed and up-to-date questions on benefits and tax credits, please refer to the lead Family Resources Survey. The FRS team can be contacted at team.frs@dwp.gov.uk

Policy details

Metadata item Details
Publication date:17 April 2019
Owner:GSS Harmonisation Team
Who this is for:Users and producers of statistics
Type:Harmonisation standards and guidance
Contact:harmonisation@statistics.gov.uk

Brief description

This harmonised standard sets out how to collect and report statistics about benefits and tax credits to ensure statistics about this topic are as comparable as possible across the Government Statistical Service (GSS).

Accessibility

This harmonised standard is available as a PDF document. This PDF is not meeting the current accessibility standards. However, when we update this harmonised standard it will be in a format that does meet the accessibility standards. Please note that in the PDF, the harmonised standard is referred to as a harmonised principle.

If you require an accessible version of this document, please contact harmonisation@statistics.gov.uk.

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