News – Office for Statistics Regulation

OSR publishes update on ONS’s Labour Force Survey and its transformation

29 April 2026 — Statement

The Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) has today published an update on progress with the transformation of the Labour Force Survey, produced by the Office for National Statistic (ONS). The…

OSR suspend accreditation of Wealth and Assets Survey

13 June 2025 — Press release

The Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) has suspended the official statistics status of the Wealth and Assets Survey (WAS) following quality concerns identified in its review, alongside a request by…

Update on progress made on labour market statistics, produced by the Office for National Statistics.

26 February 2025 — Press release

Today the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) has published an update on progress made on labour market statistics, produced by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The report consolidates OSR’s…

OSR Review of re-introduced LFS-derived Labour Market Statistics

21 March 2024 — Press release

Today the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) has published a review following the reintroduction of Labour Force Survey (LFS)-derived Labour Market Statistics, produced by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). …

OSR publishes its findings on response rate challenges in ONS’s Labour Market Statistics

14 November 2023 — Press release

Today the Office for Statistics Regulation has published a review of experimental Labour Market Statistics produced by the Office for National Statistics. Following ONS’s decision to replace its planned LFS-derived…

OSR Publishes Progress Report on ONS’s Transformation of the Labour Force Survey

11 July 2023 — Press release

The Office of Statistics Regulation (OSR) has published a report on the progress made by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on its Transformation of the Labour Force Survey (TLFS).

OSR publishes initial findings following review of Office for National Statistics’ transformation of the labour force survey

14 November 2022 — Press release

The Office of Statistics Regulation OSR has published its initial findings of a review advising, challenging and supporting ONS to improve the quality, granularity and timeliness of data which underpins…

OSR publishes its review of income-based poverty statistics

19 May 2021 —

The Office for Statistics Regulation has today published a review of income-based poverty statistics. The concept of poverty means different things to different people, which makes it difficult to define and…

OSR statement on the impact of COVID-19 on the Labour Force Survey

5 February 2021 — Statement

We continue to be impressed by the pace at which organisations have adapted their data collection and dissemination processes to provide necessary information on how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting…

OSR launches its review of poverty statistics

20 November 2020 — Announcement

Following on from our blog published earlier this year on the trouble with measuring poverty, we are beginning our review on income-based poverty statistics in the UK. We’ve been working…

The Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) Publishes its Reviews of UK Benefit Statistics

18 November 2020 — Announcement

OSR has today published a package of reviews concerning UK benefit statistics. This includes a full assessment of Department for Work and Pensions’ (DWP) benefit statistics for Great Britain and a…

The Office for Statistics Regulation encourages ONS to enhance employment and jobs statistics

26 March 2020 — Press release

Today, the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) has published its National Statistics assessment report on the employment and jobs statistics produced by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The report…