Ed Humpherson, the Director General for Regulation, team members at the Office for Statistics Regulation and other ad-hoc guest authors present think pieces on how the different areas of the statistical system can affect and benefit the public.
Ed Humpherson, the Director General for Regulation, team members at the Office for Statistics Regulation and other ad-hoc guest authors present think pieces on how the different areas of the statistical system can affect and benefit the public.
In our latest blog, Head of OSR Ed Humpherson discusses measuring public services productivity in a more sophisticated way. Efficiency reviews are a recurring feature of public administration in the…
The world of statistics is not immune to the rise and fall of fashionable trends. Every few years a shiny new toy emerges that will solve all of our problems…or…
[box] For all the ESCoE Conference 2025 highlights, with reflections in a blog from Paul Schreyer and other overview materials please visit their website page. [/box] In our latest blog,…
1 August 2025
This blog sets out how our discussions with stakeholders, the recent focus on the performance of the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and the resulting evidence sessions at the Public…
24 July 2025
In our latest blog, OSR Assessment Programme Lead, Siobhan, looks at the importance of continuous improvement of statistics. Here at the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR), we independently assess whether…
11 July 2025
At OSR, we support good evidence that informs the public. Our main focus is on official statistics. But we also recognise the role that evaluation plays in providing insight into…
5 June 2025
In this blog, Head of OSR, Ed Humpherson explores the role of statistics in the missions set out in the Government’s Plan for Change, reflecting OSR’s core focus on transparency…
24 April 2025
I recently spent the most interesting 20 minutes of my week when I was asked to review OSR’s recently published article on health inequalities. The article itself is an excellent…
19 March 2025
In our latest blog post, OSR’s Head of Research describes a recent project which explored how individuals use statistics in their personal lives, leading to practical recommendations for statistics producers.…
21 February 2025
In our latest blog, OSR’s Jonathan Price introduces his recently published think piece on value and GDP. Ed’s recent blog exploring GDP prompted me to look again at ONS’s recent…
14 February 2025
In our latest guest blog, Paul Matthews, Head of Profession for Statistics in Scottish Government, responsible for capability and capacity of the statistics profession, talks about his passion for improvement…
7 February 2025
In our latest blog, Head of OSR Ed Humpherson discusses how data sharing and linkage can provide vital insight into the problems and potential solutions when looking at road traffic…
31 January 2025
Hear about the Office for Environmental Protection’s journey of applying Trustworthiness, Quality and Value (TQV) from Darren Watson, their Principal Environmental Analyst, in this guest blog on embracing the Code…