News – Office for Statistics Regulation

OSR Publishes its Final Report on the Review of the Statistics Collected on Gender Identity During the England and Wales Census

12 September 2024 — Press release

The Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) has published its final report on the review of statistics on gender identity, based on data collected as part of the 2021 England and…

OSR publishes findings and requirements for ONS to enhance their Admin-Based Population Estimates (ABPEs)

15 July 2024 — Press release

Today, the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) has published initial findings on the new methods that the Office for National Statistics (ONS) are developing to produce population estimates for Engand…

OSR updates on ONS’s progress with the transformation of international migration statistics

7 December 2023 — Press release

Today the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) has published an update on the progress that the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has made on implementation of their recommendations. ONS has…

OSR Publishes Assessment of 2022 Census in Scotland

4 April 2023 — Press release

Today, the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) has published its latest assessment report for the 2022 Census in Scotland. OSR has been impressed by the dedication of the statistical teams…

OSR confirms the National Statistics designation of 2021 Census in England and Wales

28 June 2022 — Announcement

The Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) is pleased to confirm National Statistics status of the 2021 Census for England and Wales, with the first estimates of the population of England…

OSR is delighted to confirm the National Statistics designation of 2021 Census in Northern Ireland

24 May 2022 — Press release

Today, the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) is delighted to confirm National Statistics status for the first release of headline estimates from the Census on population and household statistics for…

OSR statement on claims related to economic migrants

28 April 2022 — Statement

An OSR statement setting out what an economic migrant is and what the available data tells us about migrants arriving in small boats.

OSR statement on statistics around refugees

30 March 2022 — Statement

The Office for Statistics Regulation statement on the difference between figures related to asylum and resettlement when talking about statistics around refugees.

OSR publishes report on ONS migration statistics

1 March 2022 — Press release

The Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) today published a review of migration statistics produced by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). This is our first report reviewing ONS’s transformation of migration statistics in…

OSR welcomes ONS blog on COVID-19 deaths: to say only 17,000 people have died from COVID-19 is highly misleading

26 January 2022 — Statement

There has been considerable coverage of a Freedom of Information response published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). It shows death registrations for 2020 and 2021 (provisional) that were due to COVID-19 and were recorded…

OSR Publishes Assessment Reports for 2021 Censuses

17 November 2021 — Press release

Today, the Office for Statistics Regulation has published phase 2 assessment reports for the 2021 Census in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. These reports draw on our previous preliminary findings…

Assessment of 2021 Censuses in the UK

11 September 2020 —

The Census is one of the most important sources of official statistics, informing decisions about almost every aspect of life within the UK. The three Census offices – the Office…

Data and Statistics on COVID-19 impacts on the Care sector

4 June 2020 — Statement

The impact of COVID-19 on those in care settings – care home residents and recipients of domiciliary care – has received significant media attention. There is high demand for trustworthy,…

COVID-19 surveillance and registered deaths data review

21 April 2020 — Announcement, Statement

Information available on COVID-19 cases and deaths has been developed rapidly in a constantly shifting environment. The work being done by analysts to get this information into the public domain…

Statement from the Office for Statistics Regulation – COVID-19 Update

3 April 2020 — Announcement, Statement

We welcome the work of analysts across a range of organisations in providing the public with information related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The pace at which these organisations have set…

OSR statement on EU settlement scheme statistics

4 November 2019 — Statement

OSR statement on Home Office statistics on the EU settlement scheme.

OSR Statement on the Trustworthiness, Quality and Value of Long-Term International Migration Estimates

21 August 2019 — Statement

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…

Quality and Value of International Migration Statistics – Statement from the Office for Statistics Regulation

31 July 2019 — Statement

A statement from the Office for Statistics Regulation on the quality and value of ONS migration statistics.