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  1. OSR launches new work on analytical leadership

    The Office for Statistics Regulation launch new work to support change and improvement to analytical leadership across government, and are looking to engage with those who use data in their work as well as analysts to contribute to this project.

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  2. Changes to the Code of Practice for Statistics: Release times for official statistics

    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 Regulation. David Norgrove, Chair of the UK Statistics Authority said: “This update to the Code of Practice for Statistics provides more flexibility on release times […]

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  3. OSR champions improvements to Children and Young People statistics  

    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 statistics.   This report explores the different needs for statistics on children and young people across the statistics system, looking at how well they are being […]

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  4. OSR publishes report on ONS migration statistics

    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 the context of the Code of Practice for Statistics. International migration statistics (referred to as ‘migration statistics’) are vital in aiding our understanding of society. […]

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  5. OSR publishes new regulatory guidance as part of its transparency campaign 

    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 out in the Code of Practice for Statistics and supports OSR’s interventions policy approach.  Transparency around publication of statistics and data enables statistics to better […]

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  6. OSR welcomes ONS blog on COVID-19 deaths: to say only 17,000 people have died from COVID-19 is highly misleading

    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 without any pre-existing conditions, in England and Wales.   These figures have been available in ONS outputs but have seen increased attention following their use in response to the question posed to ONS. This adds to an already […]

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