Dear Eugene, COVID-19 Infection Survey Results Publication Time Earlier in the year we granted ONS an exemption from the Code of Practice for Statistics’ standard publication time of 9.30am to permit a later release time of noon each Friday for statistics from the COVID-19 infection survey. I am happy to confirm that the same exemption […]
Dear Eugene PUBLICATION OF OPEN AND ACCESSIBLE COVID-19 DATA IN NORTHERN IRELAND The Department of Health (NI) dashboard provides a wealth of data on COVID-19. Over the past months we have seen improvements to the dashboard, for example the inclusion of time series data for care home outbreaks. We appreciate the work you and your team are doing to respond to user needs. In previous communications with my […]
Dear Eugene, Thank you for your letter dated 30 April 2020. Given the importance of these statistics, I am encouraged to hear that the daily COVID-19 related statistics for Northern Ireland will be published today through a public facing dashboard. I am happy to confirm the exemption from the Code of Practice for Statistics’ standard […]
Dear Mr Pengelly I am writing to you following our useful conversation earlier today about the provision of trustworthy and complete statistical information relating to COVID-19 in Northern Ireland. The background is that over the past two weeks there have been a number of changes to the reporting of these figures for Northern Ireland. Responsibility […]