Household Expenditure Survey Review

The Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) has carried out a recent review into the Living Costs and Food (LCF) survey. This is a long-standing household survey collecting expenditure data that is used as part of Household Final Consumption Estimates (HHFCE), the Retail Price Index (RPI) and is published in ONS "Family Spending" release. Household expenditure data collection through the LCF is complex and expensive as it relies on detailed recollection of expenses over the previous months, as well as recording of e...