Casework

  1. Rob Kent-Smith to Peter Connolly et al: Review of Assessment of salmon stocks and fisheries statistics

    Sent from: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Sent to: Peter Connolly, Environment Agency  Simon Toms, Environment Agency  Henry Knowles, Natural Resources Wales  Ben Wilson, Natural Resources Wales  David Maxwell, Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science  Alan Walker, Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science    Dear all, We have recently completed our review of the statistics from the Assessment of Salmon Stocks and Fisheries […]

  2. Ed Humpherson to Alastair McAlpine: Request for assessment of the new fraud and computer misuse questions in the SCJS

    Sent from: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Sent to: Scottish Government

    Dear Alastair,  Thank you for your letter of 22 April requesting an assessment of the new fraud and computer misuse estimates from the Scottish Crime and Justice Survey (SCJS), produced by Scottish Government.  Given the public value of information on fraud and computer misuse victimisation, I welcome your aspiration to publicly demonstrate compliance with the Code of Practice for Statistics. I am pleased to confirm that our teams have agreed the […]

  3. Alastair McAlpine to Ed Humpherson: Request for assessment of the new fraud and computer misuse questions in the SCJS

    Sent from: Scottish Government

    Sent to: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Dear Ed, I am writing as the Chief Statistician for the Scottish Government. For the first time in 2023/24, the Scottish Crime and Justice Survey (SCJS) was expanded to collect new information on adult experiences of fraud and computer misuse. This was developed following interest from users, to keep the SCJS in line with the changing […]

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

    Sent from: Office for National Statistics

    Sent to: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Dear Ed, Thank you for your comments on the second progress report on the Economic Statistics and Survey Improvement and Enhancement Plans. I welcome your recognition of the progress we are making and of our transparent approach with regards to the challenges that we are facing and how we are adjusting priorities in response.  As […]

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

    Sent from: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Sent to: Office for National Statistics

    Dear James, We have today published our response to the Office for National Statistics (ONS)’s second quarterly progress report on its Plan for Economic Statistics and Survey Improvement and Enhancement Plan. Our response assesses ONS’s progress in addressing the findings of OSR’s systemic review of its economic statistics, including our interim and final report, and the recommendations of […]

  6. John Wilkins to Ed Humpherson: Asylum Seeker Hotel Population Statistics

    Sent from: Home Office

    Sent to: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Dear Ed, I am writing to inform you that I have become aware of the unscheduled release of an internal Home Office figure that appears similar to an upcoming official statistic from our Asylum Seeker Hotel Population Statistics series. Despite not being released publicly through formal channels, a figure for the number of asylum seekers […]

  7. Robert Kent-Smith to Liz McKeown and Alex Lambert: labour force survey transformation

    Sent from: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Sent to: Office for National Statistics

    Dear Liz and Alex  Today, we have published an update report about how ONS is improving the Labour Force Survey and progressing its transformation. This current report reflects on ONS’s progress so far and brings together feedback shared by users in autumn 2025 and spring 2026.   ONS has fully met four of the twelve recommendations from our 2025 update report, and has partially met the remaining eight, as detailed in […]

  8. Mary Gregory to Ed Humpherson: Update to ONS’s Long-term international migration estimates

    Sent from: Office for National Statistics

    Sent to: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Dear Ed, I am writing to you with an update on how we have developed long-term international migration estimates since the last OSR progress report in December 2023. There has been considerable improvement to the output, and this work is continuing. Our International migration research, progress update, published today, provides an update on the research underway that will […]