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Separated families statistics: background information and methodology

This document provides background information about the separated families statistics and information on how they are compiled.

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Department for Work and Pensions
Published
17 April 2019
Last updated
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Background information and methodology: Separated Families statistics

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This document provides an explanation of the separated families statistics, their aims and the methodology used to compile the data used in the statistics.

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Published 17 April 2019
Last updated 2726 March 20252026 + show all updates

  2. Updated with further information and new links to latest reports.

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2026-03-26 09:30
Revised background information and methodology document (now dated March 2025). This has been updated to support the latest release of separated families statistics (also published today, 26 March 2026).

2025-03-27 10:40
Updated with further information and new links to latest reports.

2024-03-21 09:30
Revised background information and methodology document (now dated March 2024). This has been updated to support the latest release of separated families statistics (also published today, 21 March 2023).

2023-03-23 09:30
Revised background information and methodology document (now dated March 2023). This has been updated to support the latest release of separated families statistics (also published today, 23 March 2023).

2022-03-31 09:30
Revised background information and methodology document (now dated March 2022) – updated to support the latest release of separated families statistics, also published today (31 March 2021).