Other support and guidance

The organisations and resources on this page can help you better understand, use, communicate and challenge statistics and evidence. They include regulators, fact-checking organisations, parliamentary research services and professional guidance bodies whose work complements the principles of the Code of Practice for Statistics.

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Guidance from the Government Analysis Function:

Communicating Statistics and Analysis

Guidance on communicating statistics clearly and accessibly, including data visualisation, dashboards and publication practices that support understanding and informed decision-making.

Statistical Standards and Harmonisation

Guidance on harmonised standards, classifications and data definitions that support the quality, coherence and comparability of statistics.

Quality Assurance and Analytical Practice

Guidance on analytical standards, quality assurance and good practice to support transparent, high-quality and reproducible analysis.

Other regulators:

  • Advertising Standards Authority (ASA): looks at the content of television and radio advertisements.
  • Electoral Commission: oversees elections and regulates political finance in the UK.
  • Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO): the UK’s independent authority, which was set up to uphold information rights in the public interest and promotes openness by public bodies and data privacy for individuals.
  • Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO): the independent regulator for the newspaper and magazine industry in the UK.
  • Ofcom: the regulator for communications services, which is responsible, among other things, for what people see and hear on TV and radio.

Fact-checking organisations:

  • BBC Verify: a BBC News service that examines the facts and claims behind a story.
  • Channel 4 Fact Check: the fact-checking arm of UK’s Channel 4 newsroom.
  • Fact Check NI: Northern Ireland’s independent fact-checking service.
  • Full Fact: the UK’s independent fact-checking organisation.

Parliaments: