diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
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+name := "data_report"
+
+version := "0.1"
+
+scalaVersion := "2.12.4"
+
+libraryDependencies +=
+  "org.scala-lang.modules" %% "scala-xml" % "1.0.6"
diff --git a/project/build.properties b/project/build.properties
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+sbt.version = 1.1.1
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diff --git a/src/main/scala/uk/org/floop/ons/data_report/CreateReport.scala b/src/main/scala/uk/org/floop/ons/data_report/CreateReport.scala
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+package uk.org.floop.ons.data_report
+
+import java.io.{File, PrintWriter}
+
+import scala.io.Source
+import scala.xml.PrettyPrinter
+
+object CreateReport extends App {
+
+  val dataDir = new File("in")
+  val table = <table>{
+    for {
+      d <- dataDir.listFiles
+      if d.isDirectory
+      f <- d.listFiles
+      if f.isFile
+    } yield {
+      val lines = Source.fromFile(f).getLines.size
+      <tr>
+        <td>
+          {d.getName}
+        </td>
+        <td>
+          {f.getName}
+        </td>
+        <td>
+          {lines}
+        </td>
+      </tr>
+    }
+  }</table>
+  val pp = new PrettyPrinter(80, 2)
+  val pw = new PrintWriter(new File("report.xml"))
+  pw.write(pp.format(<section name="Line counts">{table}</section>))
+  pw.close
+
+}