Yesterday, the Scottish Parliament passed legislation that change pre-release access arrangements to official statistics produced by the Scottish Government. The Office for Statistics Regulation’s Director General previously set out the case for greater restrictions on pre-release access when he gave evidence to the Economy, Energy and Fair Work Committee on Scottish economic data. Ed Humpherson, […]
OSR statement on Home Office statistics on the EU settlement scheme.
It is vital that data and information on school funding published by the Department for Education are presented clearly and not open to misinterpretation. In light of enquiries we have received around the Department’s recent funding announcement “Prime Minister boosts schools with £14 billion package” we are setting out our view. This follows our previous […]
OSR statement on fraud statistics, 20 September 2019
Today, Ed Humpherson, Director General for Regulation, confirmed that the UK Statistics Authority has concluded that the Migration Statistics Quarterly Report (MSQR) should not be designated National Statistics. Ed Humpherson has written to Iain Bell, Deputy National Statistician, in advance of tomorrow’s MSQR, following a letter from Iain Bell requesting Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) support for reclassification […]
A statement from the Office for Statistics Regulation on the quality and value of ONS migration statistics.