2026-05-26
The Bank of England has launched a dedicated User Acceptance Testing environment for statistical reporting firms and software houses to validate submissions against the new Statistical Taxonomy v1.3.1. Reporting firms are automatically enabled for the test window running from 2 to 12 June 2026, while software houses must request access by email before 25 May to participate alongside live reporting. Participants must route live production data through the standard BEEDS LIVE system and implement alternative XBRL generation tools, as the legacy Statistical Utility Tool will be withdrawn for this taxonomy update.