According to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request published on Friday (17 January), the ONS revealed it has spent around £10.1m a year since 2021-22 to set up, develop and test the Transformed LFS, with the estimated cumulative cost reaching £40.4m across four years.
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The £10.1m accounts for around 2% of the agency’s gross expenditure over the period.
However, according to a different FOI request in March 2024, the cost for the Transformed LFS was estimated to be £8m a year, reaching a total of £24.1m between the 2021-22 fin…
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