Dear Scott, Thank you for your letter outlining the recent work undertaken by Public Health Scotland (PHS) in response to the recommendations contained in our compliance review of PHS’s statistics on inpatient, day case and outpatient stage of treatment waiting times. The actions you have taken to improve guidance to users on exercising caution when […]
Dear Sandra We have completed a compliance review of Energy Performance of Buildings Certificates (EPC) statistics produced by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) against the standards of the Code of Practice for Statistics (the Code). These statistics are currently published as official statistics. Our review considered how the statistics have been […]
Dear John, We welcome the publication of the UK Government’s new violence against women and girls (VAWG) strategy, Freedom from violence and abuse: a cross-government strategy to build a safer society for women and girls. The performance framework used to monitor progress on the strategy comprises a headline metric, several supporting headline metrics and a […]
Dear Mary, I am writing to provide updates on two recent pieces of regulatory work that we have undertaken in relation to population statistics produced by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Confirmation of accreditation of the 2021 Census in England and Wales outputs (excluding gender identity statistics) We have reviewed the actions that ONS […]
Dear John, Thank you for your letter informing me of the unscheduled release of an internal Home Office figure that appears similar to an upcoming official statistic from the Asylum Seeker Hotel Population Statistics series. I agree with your view that this is a breach of the Code of Practice for Statistics. I note your reasons for deciding not to produce an ad-hoc release for the figure in line with published guidance on the use […]