Helen Miller-Bakewell, OSR’s Head of Development and Impact, reflects on the Administrative Data Research UK (ADR UK) 2025 Conference, and the takeaway messages for her and the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR).
In our latest blog, Head of OSR Ed Humpherson discusses measuring public services productivity in a more sophisticated way.
Dashboards have become an increasingly important way of communicating statistics and insights. In this blog, Ed Humpherson explores how producers can ensure dashboards deliver trustworthiness, quality and value for users.
In this blog, Ed Humpherson sets out how our discussions with stakeholders, the recent focus on the performance of the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and the resulting evidence sessions at the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Select Committee (PACAC) have led us to reflect on our regulatory approach.
In our latest blog, OSR Assessment Programme Lead, Siobhan, looks at the importance of continuous improvement of statistics
The launch of the new Evaluation Registry marks an important step towards greater transparency and accessibility in government evaluation. In this blog, OSR welcomes the initiative and reflects on its potential to strengthen evidence-based decision-making.
In this blog, Yente, a regulator in the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR)’s Economy, Business and Trade domain, summarises a panel discussion about ‘beyond GDP’ at the recent ESCoE Conference on Economic Measurement.
In this blog, Head of OSR, Ed Humpherson explores the role of statistics in the missions set out in the Government’s Plan for Change, reflecting OSR’s core focus on transparency of statistics and data use in Government.
In this blog, Ed Humpherson discusses that while NHS performance statistics are important, they are a poor proxy for the UK’s overall health, highlighting the need to make greater use of health inequalities and population health data to better understand and improve outcomes across society.
In this blog post, OSR’s Head of Research describes a recent project which explored how individuals use statistics in their personal lives, leading to practical recommendations for statistics producers.