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OSR statement on data transparency and the role of Heads of Profession for Statistics
13 July 2021 — Statement
The Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) recognises the extraordinary efforts that statisticians have made over the past year to get relevant and timely data into the public domain and the…
What is the Code of Practice for Statistics?
28 June 2021 —
What is the Code of Practice for Statistics? How is it used? Why is it needed? This summer, we will be taking a closer look at the Code and explaining…
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 publishes its review of population estimates and projections produced by the Office for National Statistics
10 May 2021 —
The Office for Statistics Regulation has today published a review of the population estimates and projections produced by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Our review focuses on the population…
OSR publishes review endorsing a reproducible approach to government statistics
23 March 2021 — Announcement
The Office for Statistics Regulation has today published a review on Reproducible Analytical Pipelines (RAP). RAP is a reproducible way of producing official statistics. It involves using code to automate…
OSR welcomes changes to pre-release access in Scotland
5 March 2021 — Statement
Yesterday, the Scottish Parliament passed legislation that change pre-release access arrangements to official statistics produced by the Scottish Government. The Office for Statistics Regulation’s Director General previously set out the…
OSR and RSS launch Code of Practice award for 2021
3 March 2021 — Announcement
We are now accepting entries for our 2021 Award for Statistical Excellence in Trustworthiness, Quality and Value, awarded in partnership with the Royal Statistical Society (RSS) and Civil Service World. Previously…
OSR publishes its review of the approach to developing statistical models to award 2020 exam results
2 March 2021 — Announcement
The Office for Statistics Regulation has today published a review of the approach to developing statistical models to award 2020 exam results. As the regulator of official statistics in the…
OSR publish draft guidance on collecting and reporting data about sex
25 February 2021 — Statement
The Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) has today published draft guidance on collecting and reporting data about sex. This guidance sets out our expectations on producers with respect to using…
Statement: OSR calls for further progress on vaccination data in response to PACAC inquiry
10 February 2021 — Statement
Yesterday Sir David Norgrove, Chair of the UK Statistics Authority wrote to the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee (PACAC) in response to its request for evidence for its Data…