To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the data that needs to become available to enable publication of the remaining 16 indicators under the Outcome Indicator Framework; what his Department's planned timetable is for publishing those remaining indicators; and whether his Department plans to prioritise publication of some indicators over others.
Answered on
12 July 2022
The most recent 2022 update report of the Outcome Indicator Framework has successfully grown to include data for 50 of the 66 indicators. The Government is continuing to work with diverse technical experts towards 2024 as an intended endpoint to make data available for all indicators currently included in the framework.
Indicators are not being prioritised individually for preferential development. All indicators are being developed in parallel and data are published as soon as they have reached sufficient maturity of development. The framework is voluntarily compliant with the official UK Code of Practice for Statistics so that end users can be confident that all published indicators have public value, are of high quality and are trustworthy.
In 2024, the Outcome Indicator Framework will be reviewed, in keeping with the original commitment to do so at least every five years. This will provide a valuable opportunity to ensure the framework continues to be relevant and is well placed to provide the best and most cost-effective ways of assessing progress.