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Today’s changes to the Code of Practice for Statistics: Alternative release times for official statistics
5 May 2022 — Press release
Today we are making our first change to our Code of Practice for Statistics since its major overhaul in 2018. We are changing two practices which relate to the release…
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.
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Changes to the Code of Practice for Statistics: Release times for official statistics
24 March 2022 — Announcement, Press release
The UK Statistics Authority has approved the amendment to the Code of Practice for Statistics to enable alternative release times to be used, when granted by the Director General for…
OSR and the Royal Statistical Society launch 3rd Code of Practice Award for 2022
10 March 2022 — Press release
The Office for Statistics Regulation announce the launch of their third Code of Practice Award for 2022.
OSR champions improvements to Children and Young People statistics
3 March 2022 — Press release
The Office for Statistics Regulation has today published a review of children and young people statistics, Visibility, Vulnerability and Voice: The importance of including children and young people in official…
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 publishes its UK-wide review of transport accessibility statistics
10 February 2022 — Press release
The Office for Statistics Regulation has today published a review of transport accessibility statistics. Accessible transport describes a transport network which allows all users equal opportunity to travel when they want,…
OSR publishes new regulatory guidance as part of its transparency campaign
2 February 2022 — Press release
The Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) has today published new regulatory guidance on the transparent release and use of statistics and data. The guidance is informed by the principles set…
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…