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

Dated: 8 May 2026
Last updated on: 8 May 2026
Sent by:: Ed Humpherson
Director General, Office for Statistics Regulation
Sent to:: Alastair McAlpine
Chief Statistician, 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 assessment will start in May 2026.

Yours sincerely,

Ed Humpherson
Director General for OSR