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Following the launch of Code of Practice for Statistics 3.0 in late 2025, the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) is encouraging producers of official statistics to consider their existing procedures and practices to identify areas of strong statistical practice and any areas that require development to meet the refreshed Code standards. Use OSR’s new self-evaluation tool to understand how […]
Statistics should serve everyone, helping enhance knowledge about every section of society and the economy, and people’s place within them. The Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) provides independent regulation of official statistics produced in the UK. Official statistics are statistics produced by Crown bodies and other organisations listed within an Official Statistics Order, on behalf […]
Standard one of the Standards for Official Statistics in the Code of Practice for Statistics speaks to the actions of those producing and using official statistics so they can show they are trustworthy. At the heart of the standard are the Civil Service values, applied to working with official statistics: integrity, honesty, objectivity and impartiality. […]
Standard two of the Standards for Official Statistics in the Code of Practice for Statistics sets out essential requirements to ensure impartial and independent statistical decision making. It is allied to the Standards for the Public Use of Statistics, Data and Wider Analysis which emphasise the need for organisational leaders to support the decisions made […]