Context
DWP published the Family Resources Survey for financial year 2024 to 2025 on 26 March 2026:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/family-resources-survey-financial-year-2024-to-2025/family-resources-survey-financial-year-2024-to-2025
The current policyengine-uk-data build still appears to be based on FRS 2023-24:
policyengine_uk_data/datasets/create_datasets.py builds frs_2023_24.h5 and enhanced_frs_2023_24.h5.
policyengine_uk_data/storage/download_private_prerequisites.py expects frs_2023_24.zip, not frs_2024_25.zip.
- The current
policyengine.py bundled UK manifest points at enhanced_frs_2023_24 from policyengine-uk-data 1.55.10.
Expected work
- Add/import the FRS 2024-25 raw prerequisite data.
- Update the dataset creation pipeline to build
frs_2024_25.h5, enhanced_frs_2024_25.h5, and tiny variants if still useful.
- Review and update tests, release-manifest generation defaults, and docs that hard-code
frs_2023_24 / enhanced_frs_2023_24.
- Account for DWP's 2024-25 administrative-data integration and any back-series implications called out in the release.
- After publishing the data package artifact, update the
policyengine.py bundled UK release manifest to certify the new default dataset.
Notes
This came up while reviewing the JOSS paper and checking whether it should cite the 2023-24 or 2024-25 FRS as the current PolicyEngine UK dataset source.
Context
DWP published the Family Resources Survey for financial year 2024 to 2025 on 26 March 2026:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/family-resources-survey-financial-year-2024-to-2025/family-resources-survey-financial-year-2024-to-2025
The current
policyengine-uk-databuild still appears to be based on FRS 2023-24:policyengine_uk_data/datasets/create_datasets.pybuildsfrs_2023_24.h5andenhanced_frs_2023_24.h5.policyengine_uk_data/storage/download_private_prerequisites.pyexpectsfrs_2023_24.zip, notfrs_2024_25.zip.policyengine.pybundled UK manifest points atenhanced_frs_2023_24frompolicyengine-uk-data1.55.10.Expected work
frs_2024_25.h5,enhanced_frs_2024_25.h5, and tiny variants if still useful.frs_2023_24/enhanced_frs_2023_24.policyengine.pybundled UK release manifest to certify the new default dataset.Notes
This came up while reviewing the JOSS paper and checking whether it should cite the 2023-24 or 2024-25 FRS as the current PolicyEngine UK dataset source.