Dear Ed,

ALTERNATIVE RELEASE TIME FOR THE UK TRUST IN GOVERNMENT SURVEY

Thank you for your response to my letter of 22 June 2022 granting an alternative to the 9:30am release time for the UK Trust in Government Survey of 1:00pm on 13 July 2022.

The UK survey is part of a wider international study led by the OECD on the Drivers of Trust in Public Institutions. We agreed that it would be in the interest of users to align our publications as it would provide them with greater access and insights.

We were subsequently informed on 12 July 2022 that the OECD had changed its publication time to 10:00am on 13 July 2022. We are grateful for the discussion and steer you provided at short notice which enabled us to bring forward our publication time from 1:00pm to 10:00am to re-align with the OECD. We have ensured that the reasons for the change were clearly communicated to users.

I am copying this request to Michael Keoghan, Deputy National Statistician & Director General for the Economic, Social and Environmental Statistics Group (ESEG) at ONS.

Yours sincerely,

Rachel Skentelbery

Deputy Head of Profession for Statistics, ONS