News – Office for Statistics Regulation

OSR statement on statistics concerning aspects of water in Scotland and England

28 October 2025 — Statement

Sewerage pollution incidents Statement: “There were 35.8 incidents per 10,000km of sewer in Scotland versus 35.4 incidents per 10,000km of sewer in England and Wales reported in 2023-24.” [24 July…

Improving transparency of Welsh Government’s 20-mph speed limit data

23 November 2023 —

The Office for Statistics Regulation has today written to the Welsh Government about how it can better support users to understand the impacts on journey times given the introduction of…

OSR publishes its review of climate change statistics

27 October 2021 — Announcement

Climate change is widely seen as the most important challenge facing the world. Ahead of COP26 the Office for Statistics Regulation has published a review of the accessibility and coherence…