Today the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) has published its 2024-25 Business Plan setting out it’s priorities for the coming year.
As a regulator, we are separate and independent from statistics producers, and we consult on and publish our own separate business plan. The annual business plan focuses on what OSR aim to achieve in 2024/25, and how our work will contribute to delivering the OSR Strategic Plan, 2020 to 2025 and fostering the Authority’s ambitions for the statistics system, as set out in the Authority Strategy.
OSR is the regulatory arm of the UK Statistics Authority, and is independent from government Ministers, and separate from producers of statistics, including the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
The publication of the plan follows the publication of Professor Denise Lievesley’s review of the UK Statistics Authority, including OSR. We will publish our action plan welcoming these findings shortly.
Director General for Regulation Ed Humpherson commented:
“I am very happy to share the 2024-25 Business Plan for the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR).
Last year I introduced a business plan with a much greater outward focus than in the past, and as we have engaged this year, our stakeholders have confirmed that the priorities we set out for 2023/24 continue to resonate strongly. We have decided that these priorities should persist into the coming year.”
If you have any further suggestions or questions to raise, about our plans for this year or beyond, please do contact us at regulation@statistics.gov.uk.
Notes to Editors:
- OSR provides independent regulation of all official statistics produced in the UK. We aim to enhance public confidence in the trustworthiness, quality and value of statistics produced by government.
- OSR does this by setting the standards they must meet in the Code of Practice for Statistics. We ensure that producers of government statistics uphold these standards by conducting assessments against the Code.
- The Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) is the regulatory arm of the UK Statistics Authority, a body established by the Statistics and Registration Service Act (2007). We are independent from government Ministers. We are separate from producers of statistics, including the Office for National Statistics (ONS).