Summary

Three articles covering various aspects of Inter-Departmental Business Register (IDBR) data quality. These articles focus on the quality of classifications, business birth lags and local unit structures on the IBDR as well as providing information on IDBR data matching service.

Publications

• Business classifications on the Inter-Departmental Business Register: 2022

  Sources and stability of Standard Industrial Classifications on the Inter-Departmental Business Register

• The impact of the Business Register and Employment Survey on the Inter-Departmental Business Register: 2022

  Response rates and business structure changes in the Business Register and Employment Survey and impacts on the Inter-Departmental Business Register.

Methodology

• Inter-Departmental Business Register data matching user guide

  Guide to the data matching services provided by the Inter-Departmental Business Register team at the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

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