Transport, Environment and Climate Change
Our Transport, Environment and Climate Change (TECC) domain covers statistics on transport and transport infrastructure; food and farming; the natural environment; energy sources, production, consumption and prices; fuel poverty; and climate change.
Data and statistics on these topics continue to be so important in developing and evaluating policy decisions and informing individuals, academics, and decision makers on key areas affecting the UK today, particular in light of concerns around the cost of living and climate change.
This year we are working on regulatory reviews of some key biodiversity indicators including our assessment of Defra’s Butterfly statistics and our compliance check of Defra’s Wild bird statistics. We will also undertake an assessment of the Travel Survey for Northern Ireland later in the year.
In previous years, we completed systemic review work – on the ‘Accessibility and Coherence of UK Climate Change Statistics’ and ‘Review of Transport Accessibility Statistics’ – and compliance activities – on the People and Nature survey for England, and fuel poverty and food security statistics. We continue to review progress on these topics and will seek to identify and secure further improvements to these data.
We will be continuing our work to improve the trustworthiness, quality and value of TECC statistics, working with the producers of statistics and being informed by the users of statistics. We are always open to making new connections and hearing a range of views about data and statistics on these topics.
Contact our regulators for this domain via regulation@statistics.gov.uk
Planned Work
| Project | Geography | Project Type | Timescale |
|---|---|---|---|
| Travel Survey for Northern Ireland (Department for Infrastructure NI, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) | Northern Ireland | Compliance Check / Rapid Review | Not yet started |
| Butterflies Statistics including Review of Developments to Biodiversity Indicators (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) | United Kingdom, England | Compliance Check / Rapid Review / Assessment | Follow up from 2023/24 |
Published Correspondence – Transport, Environment and Climate Change domain
Publications – Transport, Environment and Climate Change domain
Correspondence
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Mark Pont to Gemma Brand: Statistics on Reported road casualties in Great Britain
24 May 2024
Mark Pont, Office for Statistics Regulation to Gemma Brand, Department for Transport
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Ed Humpherson to Ian Lonsdale: Assessment of Statistics from the People and Nature Survey England
29 November 2023
Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation to Ian Lonsdale, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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Ed Humpherson to Stephanie Howarth: Welsh Government, 20 mph speed limit
23 November 2023
Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation to Stephanie Howarth, Welsh Government
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Ed Humpherson to Ian Lonsdale: Assessment of Statistics about butterflies, England and UK
29 August 2023
Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation to Ian Lonsdale, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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Mark Pont to Ian Lonsdale: Wild bird population statistics
29 August 2023
Mark Pont, Office for Statistics Regulation to Ian Lonsdale, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Publications
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Election 2024: What to look out for
7 June 2024
Published in: Guidance
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Assessment of compliance with the Code of Practice for Statistics: Statistics about butterflies, England and UK
29 August 2023
Published in: Assessment Report
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Assessment of compliance with the Code of Practice for Statistics: Statistics from the People and Nature Survey for England
10 January 2023
Published in: Assessment Report
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Review of Transport Accessibility Statistics
10 February 2022
Published in: Systemic Reviews
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Accessibility and coherence of UK climate change statistics
27 October 2021
Published in: Systemic Reviews
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Assessment Report: Estimates of Station Usage (produced by the Office of Rail and Road)
3 November 2020
Published in: Assessment Report
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User engagement in the Defra Group
18 June 2020
Published in: Systemic Reviews
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Changes to statistical outputs including National Statistics during the coronavirus outbreak
31 March 2020
Published in: Reviews
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Assessment Report: National Rail Passenger Survey
8 January 2020
Published in: Assessment Report
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Statistics on air quality and emissions of air pollutants
30 July 2019
Published in: Assessment Report
News & Events
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Improving transparency of Welsh Government’s 20-mph speed limit data
23 November 2023
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OSR publishes its review of climate change statistics
27 October 2021