Whilst it is possible, it is not mandatory for trusts to record second trimester miscarriage through the Maternity Services Data Set (MSDS). The requirements for the next iteration for the MSDS include more detailed data collection around pregnancy outcomes, including on miscarriage. Timescales for this next iteration are yet to be confirmed.

There are no specific plans to update the Digital Maternity Record Standard at present, as the current version has yet to be fully implemented by all maternity system suppliers. However, this will be considered as part of wider maternity data architecture design work, which will also support the MSDS and the Single Patient Record.

NHS England introduced a national definition of corridor care and began publishing validated corridor care data at a trust level for the first time on 11 June 2026. The data continues to be published through the monthly NHS Performance Statistics publication.

As this is a new national dataset, it is currently designated as Statistics in Development. NHS England will continue to improve data quality and completeness over time before considering whether the statistics are ready to move beyond this designation. The Department has not set a date by which this will occur.

Trust level data will continue to be published alongside the national statistics.

Ofcom is responsible for reporting on mobile network coverage across the UK, through their Connected Nations reports and the coverage maps available in the ‘Map Your Mobile’ tool. Through the Connected Nation's reports, data is provided on a constituency and local authority level, and through the Map Your Mobile tool, individuals across Devon can determine which operator provides the best level of coverage in their area.

Government recognises that there remain discrepancies in some cases between individual experience and the level of coverage that Ofcom reports should be available.

‘Map Your Mobile’, launched in June 2025, includes crowdsourced data on network performance, opposed to coverage alone to help be more reflective of individual experience. Whilst this was a positive step, we continue to work closely with Ofcom on this issue.

The Government has also restated the importance of continuing to improve the reporting of mobile coverage in the Statement of Strategic Priorities for telecommunications, the management of radio spectrum and postal services, designated on 27 April 2026. This includes building on the Map Your Mobile tool, exploring further use of measured and crowdsourced data, and keeping under review definitions of “good” 4G and 5G to ensure they reflect evolving consumer and business expectations.

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.

A response to the Parliamentary Question of 8th July is attached.

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.

A response to the Parliamentary Question of 7th July is attached.

We are continuing to work with Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and the sector to explore options for metrics that show how local councils are helping to tackle and adapt to climate change in their area.

The Local Outcomes Framework digital tool will be published later this year.

Pharmacies are private businesses and may open or close for a range of reasons. Therefore, while the Department monitors closures within the sector, there is no reliable source of data on the specific reasons for pharmacy closures.

However, access to pharmaceutical services remains good, with 80% of patients able to access a pharmacy within a 20-minute walk. Additionally, there are processes in place to monitor openings and closures, and any reductions and increases in opening hours and their impact.

Local authorities are required to undertake a pharmaceutical needs assessment (PNA) every three years to assess whether their population is adequately served and they must keep these assessments under review. Integrated care boards have regard to the PNAs when reviewing applications from new contractors. Contractors can also apply to open a new pharmacy to offer benefits to patients that were not foreseen by the PNA. Options are available to patients to access alternative pharmacies or distance selling pharmacies.

The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) continues to monitor a wide range of indicators relating to steatotic liver disease, an umbrella term that includes a range of conditions where fat accumulates in liver cells causing dysfunction. Indicators include liver disease and alcoholic liver disease mortality, alcoholic liver disease and alcoholic related hospital admissions, as well as population levels of associated risk factors, including alcohol consumption, obesity, physical activity, diet, and smoking, situated in different profiles on Fingertips. The indicators only cover England.

OHID ceased to update non-alcoholic fatty liver disease hospital admissions rates and premature deaths, in people aged under 75 years old, on the Fingertips profiles in December 2025, as the indicators were not accurate assessments of that condition and only monitored the most severe forms rather than prevalence, and the level of the disease in the population.

Retiring the liver disease profile therefore has had little impact on our ability to monitor steatotic liver disease.

In line with the Code of Practice for Statistics, the Department for Transport has robust procedures in place to lead the Production of Official Statistics under the direction and authority of the Head of Profession for Statistics.

Appropriate action is taken to ensure that all Official Statistics are released in a timely manner, to the required quality. There are occasions where unexpected factors impact the production and quality of the statistics and it is, therefore, necessary to make changes to pre-announced release dates as agreed with the Head of Profession for Statistics.

The Department utilises its statistics senior management group to ensure oversight of any risk to publications – across the volume and breath of our publications. Any risks are promptly communicated to the public. Full details of any current risks and changes to expected publication schedules can be found here: Department for Transport Forthcoming Publications - GOV.UK.

The DfT analytical community operates an agile model to ensure the relevant capacity and capability can be utilised to address the varying needs of any Official Statistics publication.

In line with the Code of Practice for Statistics, the Department for Transport has robust procedures in place to lead the Production of Official Statistics under the direction and authority of the Head of Profession for Statistics.

As required by the Code of Practice principle 3 - ‘Be Transparent’ - all DfT statistics are pre-announced so that the public can have confidence in how and when the statistics are released. Any changes to pre-announced release dates are agreed with the Head of Profession for Statistics and promptly communicated to the public, with an explanation of the reasons.

Full details of any changes to DfT’s Official Statistics publication schedule can be found here: Department for Transport Forthcoming Publications - GOV.UK.

Ministers are informed of the forthcoming publication schedule in a monthly submission, which would advise them of any changes to the schedule. The same information is put into the public domain.

Ministers have received advice on changes to the publication schedule related to data quality, methodology and digital systems. As part of DfT’s ongoing work to ensure that Official Statistics remain relevant and representative of society, all of our series have comprehensive programmes of work to maintain quality, collaboration with data suppliers, improvement to methods, and innovation in approaches.

DfT publish appropriate associated background information on the factors being investigated and any resolutions to ensure the public can have confidence that the statistics are produced in robust ways and a fit for their intended purposes.

HMRC collects information on self-employment income through tax returns submitted by self-employed individuals. Statistics relating to self-employment income are published and can be found as part of HMRC’s Survey of Personal Incomes (SPI), which is one of the Government’s principal sources of information on personal incomes and Income Tax liabilities. Statistics on self-employment income are presented in Tables 3.9 and 3.10 of the latest SPI publication. The latest published SPI statistics are linked below:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-incomes-statistics-for-the-tax-year-2023-to-2024

New debt recovery powers agreed by Parliament in the Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Act are designed to increase fairness and to more effectively and efficiently be able to recover debt from individuals who are not in receipt of benefit or suitable PAYE employment.

These powers will encourage voluntary repayment of debt owed to DWP from those no longer in receipt of benefit or in suitable PAYE employment, as well as ensuring that there is recourse for those who have the means to repay but do not.

In the most serious cases, and where the outstanding debt balance is at least £1000, the Debt Recovery Measure allows DWP to apply to the Magistrates court for consideration of a Disqualification from Driving Order. These powers will be used as a last resort where all other attempts to secure repayment, including recovery directly from a bank account have not been possible. A court cannot grant a disqualification order where the individual has an essential need to drive, and initially any disqualification will be suspended providing the individual maintains the repayment terms set by the court. As part of the passage of the Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Act, detailed Impact Assessments were published and are available online here: Impact assessment published online. The Impact Assessment contains our estimate of the scale of our debtors and debt stock as well as the cost of implementing the measures along with potential savings.

We expect to publish data relating to these measures through our usual routeways for example our Annual Report and Accounts

The government will continue to collect data on unauthorised encampments and developments.

The department publishes most of its statistics in open, accessible formats such as OpenDocument Spreadsheet (ODS) files, in line with Government Statistical Service standards. The department keeps its approach to dissemination under review, including opportunities to improve machine-readability and access through API interfaces where there is clear user need and this represents value for money.

Information about what is included in our daily statistics on illegal crossing of the channel by small boats, including the definition of small boat and type of landing, can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/migrants-detected-crossing-the-english-channel-in-small-boats/migrants-detected-crossing-the-english-channel-in-small-boats-last-7-days#about-the-data.

Data published on migrants attempting to cross the English Channel in small boats does not include individuals who arrive in the UK on larger vessels, such as go-fast craft, yachts (except those arriving in the area of operations of small boats), motor cruisers, tugs and fishing vessels – although these are rarely used by people arriving via illegal routes at present. This data also does not include those who arrive in the UK clandestinely on larger vessels not referenced above, including where hidden in a vehicle on a ferry.

We work closely with French counterparts to assure the daily data but, as set out in the publication notes, it is taken from provisional UK and French operational datasets and is subject to change.

Statistics related to other illegal entry can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-system-statistics-year-ending-march-2026/how-many-people-come-to-the-uk-via-illegal-entry-routes.

The statistics presented here relate to the number of people detected on, or shortly after, arrival to the UK through various illegal methods of entry. They do not include all those who enter the UK through illegal routes.

It is not possible to know the exact number of people who enter the UK via illegal routes because some people will successfully evade border controls and remain in the UK undetected. We have not produced any official estimates for this number.

Data on recorded detections in the UK within 72 hours of arrival and recorded detections at UK ports, which may include arrivals via yachts, ferries and fishing boats, are published in Table IER_D01 available on GOV.UK at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/immigration-system-statistics-data-tables#illegal-entry-routes.

Latest data are up to the end of March 2026.

Information about what is included in our daily statistics on illegal crossing of the channel by small boats, including the definition of small boat and type of landing, can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/migrants-detected-crossing-the-english-channel-in-small-boats/migrants-detected-crossing-the-english-channel-in-small-boats-last-7-days#about-the-data.

Data published on migrants attempting to cross the English Channel in small boats does not include individuals who arrive in the UK on larger vessels, such as go-fast craft, yachts (except those arriving in the area of operations of small boats), motor cruisers, tugs and fishing vessels – although these are rarely used by people arriving via illegal routes at present. This data also does not include those who arrive in the UK clandestinely on larger vessels not referenced above, including where hidden in a vehicle on a ferry.

We work closely with French counterparts to assure the daily data but, as set out in the publication notes, it is taken from provisional UK and French operational datasets and is subject to change.

Statistics related to other illegal entry can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-system-statistics-year-ending-march-2026/how-many-people-come-to-the-uk-via-illegal-entry-routes.

The statistics presented here relate to the number of people detected on, or shortly after, arrival to the UK through various illegal methods of entry. They do not include all those who enter the UK through illegal routes.

It is not possible to know the exact number of people who enter the UK via illegal routes because some people will successfully evade border controls and remain in the UK undetected. We have not produced any official estimates for this number.

Data on recorded detections in the UK within 72 hours of arrival and recorded detections at UK ports, which may include arrivals via yachts, ferries and fishing boats, are published in Table IER_D01 available on GOV.UK at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/immigration-system-statistics-data-tables#illegal-entry-routes.

Latest data are up to the end of March 2026.