News – Office for Statistics Regulation

OSR Publishes Report on ONS Economic Statistics

7 April 2025 — Press release, Statement

The Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) has today published a report on economic statistics produced by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). This report presents the evidence gathered in the…

OSR publishes review of ONS statistics on profitability of UK companies

18 January 2024 — Press release

OSR has completed a quality-focused assessment on the Office for National Statistics (ONS) output on Profitability of UK companies and Gross Operating Surplus of UK private non-financial corporations (GOS). This…

OSR to undertake a review of practices around estimates for GDP

6 September 2023 — Press release

Following publication by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) of indicative impacts from the annual update of its estimates of UK Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the ONS has asked the Office for…

Assessment of Producer Price Inflation Statistics is Published

6 July 2023 — Press release

The Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) has completed its first quality-focused assessment, of the Producer Price Indices (PPIs), produced by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Producer price inflation statistics…

The Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) takes further steps to bolster the value of public finance statistics for the UK’s countries and regions

30 September 2019 — Press release

Today Ed Humpherson, Director General for Regulation at the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) has recommended that the Chief Statisticians in the UK’s devolved countries, together with the Office for…