Office for Statistics Regulation

News OSR raises quality concerns about ONS’s mid-year population estimates for England and Wales

News Our response to ONS’s second quarterly progress update on economic statistics

Publication Update report Labour Force Survey Transformation

Blog First words matter: How four landmark reviews frame the purpose, power, and public value of official statistics

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Ed Humpherson to Mary Gregory: Accreditation of the 2021 Census in England and Wales outputs and Review of mid-2024 population estimates for England and Wales

11 May 2026

Ed Humpherson to John Wilkins: Asylum Seeker Hotel Population Statistics

8 May 2026

Letter from Penny Young to Kemi Badenoch MP – Universal Credit claimants

8 May 2026

James Benford to Ed Humpherson: ONS Reports on Progress with Economic Statistics, April 2026: OSR response

6 May 2026

Ed Humpherson to James Benford: ONS Reports on Progress with Economic Statistics, April 2026: OSR response

6 May 2026

Highlighted regulatory work:

Mid-year population estimates for England and Wales

11 May 2026

ONS report on progress with economic statistics, April 2026: OSR response

6 May 2026

Update report Labour Force Survey Transformation

29 April 2026

Compliance review of Estimates of additional housing need

31 March 2026

Compliance review of statistics from the Cyber Security Breaches Survey

20 March 2026