Family Finance Surveys User Conference 2026

Are you interested in research on family finances? Do you want to know the latest developments in family finance data from UK social surveys?

Join us for the Family Finance Surveys User Conference 2026.

This free annual conference is organised by the UK Data Service in collaboration with the Department for Work and Pensions and the Office for National Statistics.

The conference will be held in person at Friends House, London, on Thursday 9 July 2026, with an option to attend online.

This year’s programme includes:

• Updates from DWP, including the Family Resources Survey and Households Below Average Income.
• ONS developments on the Wealth and Assets Survey and the Living Costs and Food Survey.
• New research on poverty, wealth measurement and financial behaviour.
• Presentations on new approaches to measuring living standards and household costs, drawing on survey, administrative and financial data.

The conference will conclude with a chaired session led by James Smith (Resolution Foundation), bringing together perspectives on how data and methods shape our understanding of the cost of living.

View the programme under 'Event resources' below.

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Note: Photographs and/or video may be taken at this event. These will be used for advertising, communications, social media, training materials and other publicity or training-related purposes. Photos and videos are collected on a 'public task' basis. Attendees should contact us at booking@ukdataservice.ac.uk if they prefer their images not to be used.

Recordings of UK Data Service events are made available on our YouTube channel and, together with the slides, on our past events pages soon after the event has taken place.