Information and Analysis Directorate (IAD)
(Formerly Analytical Service Directorate - ASD)

Information on the following pages is provided by analysts in the Department for Work and Pensions. IAD is the central core of analysts and together with those analysts integrated into the strategic policy functions of the Department offer the full range of analytical skills to help solve any policy or operational problems.

Specialist computing teams provide appropriate powerful support for the professional staff.

IAD also manages the department's research budget and is responsible for the research projects being carried out by universities, survey organisations and other research institutions on behalf of the Department.

IAD's overall objective is to:

• Promote evidence based policy development and delivery by:

• Providing high quality business focussed analytical information

• Provide advice to Ministers, DWP colleagues and the public;

• Supporting a continuous process of policy evaluation.

   National Statistics is the official source for authoritative accurate and relevant information on the economy and society. It brings together a vast range of statistical information overseen by the National Statistician.

The National Statistics logo is your assurance of statistics produced to the highest professional standards. The National Statistician has published the new National Statistics Code of Practice. The Code sets out the key principles and standards which official statisticians are expected to follow and uphold. The Code will be supported by thirteen Protocols that describe how those principles and standards are to be implemented in practice. The first two of these Protocols, covering Release Practices and consultation arrangements between UK Government Ministers and the National Statistician, were published with the Code. The Code and the first two protocols can be accessed via the following link to National Statistics On-line:

http://www.statistics.gov.uk/about_ns/cop/default.asp

The Department for Work and Pensions is currently putting in place the arrangements necessary to implement the National Statistics Code of Practice and, in particular, its supporting Protocol on Release Practices. Click here to see the full DWP compliance statement.

Those NS publications which are produced by the DWP (formerly the DSS) can be found by clicking on the menu options on the left hand side of this page. These are derived from the administrative systems that deliver benefits and pensions and also from The Family Resources Survey that collects information on the characteristics of private households in Great Britain.