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 the Office for National Statistics (ONS) who produce the statistics. The decision was prompted after a comprehensive review by OSR found that declining response rates […]
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 work on both the Labour Force Survey (LFS) and Transformed Labour Force Survey (TLFS), bringing together our judgements to date and providing updates on the […]
This statement provides information about statistics that have recently had their accredited official statistics status removed due to issues with the quality of the Labour Force Survey (LFS) and associated Annual Population Survey (APS) produced by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). It identifies the 14 statistical outputs that have had their accreditation temporarily removed. […]
Today we have published a blog, entitled Quality under challenge: Regulating statistics and data from the Labour Force Survey, to bring together information about how we are regulating statistics and data from the Labour Force Survey. We have also issued a statement which summarises our decisions to remove the accreditation from 14 statistical outputs due […]
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). ONS re-introduced its LFS-derived Labour Market statistics following their suspension in October 2023 due to quality concerns. In the interim (October 2023–January 2024), ONS published […]
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 labour market statistics with a new series using additional data sources in October, OSR conducted a short review of these important statistics. OSR wants to […]
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).
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 official estimates of the UK labour market.
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 measure. However, official statistics on income-based poverty play a vital role in helping central and local governments to understand the prevalence and nature of poverty, supporting policy […]
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 various aspects of our lives. The move from face-to-face surveys to telephone surveys has created real challenges for the production of key economic indicators such […]
