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 […]
The Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) is refreshing its Code of Practice for Statistics (the Code) to ensure that it continues to meet the evolving needs of the statistics system, setting the highest standards of ‘Trustworthiness, Quality and Value’, and that it is also useful for wider professional application. The Code sets the standards for […]
Today the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) has published its Annual Review of Casework 2023/24. This report highlights the importance of ‘intelligent transparency’, and its role in strengthening public trust in numbers. Intelligent transparency involves taking an open, clear, and accessible approach to the publication of data and statistics used in societal debate. In particular, […]
The Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) has published its final report on the review of statistics on gender identity, based on data collected as part of the 2021 England and Wales Census. During our engagement on this review, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) wrote to us to request that the gender identity estimates from […]
The RSS has recently published its report ‘Public Statistics’, outlining a fresh approach and vision for statistics to serve the wider public good. It highlights the importance of starting with user need when thinking about public good, and how access into and insight from a wide range of datasets from inside and outside government can […]
The Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) has today published its latest annual report that provides an objective analysis of the UK’s statistical system, its current state, and its future direction. Our report shares our views on the system’s performance, its successes and its challenges, and highlights opportunities for innovation and progress. The report also emphases […]
Today, the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) has published initial findings on the new methods that the Office for National Statistics (ONS) are developing to produce population estimates for Engand and Wales, using administrative data sources. The Dynamic Population Model is a new statistical model that aims to produce more-timely and accurate estimates of the […]
The Office for Statistics Regulation is delighted to announce the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) as winner of the Award for Statistical Excellence in Trustworthiness, Quality and Value, awarded in partnership with the Royal Statistical Society (RSS) and Civil Service World. There is also a highly commended award for the UK Health Security Agency (a previous winner in 2022 for […]
The Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) has today published a report on the quality of the police recorded crime statistics for England and Wales, which are produced by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The report looks in depth at the quality of the underlying data used to produce the statistics. Our report recognises the […]
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 […]
