Dear Alison Review of HMRC statistics I am writing to let you know of our intention to carry out a follow up review of HMRC statistics against the Code of Practice for Statistics. In 2020, we carried out our review, Strengthening the Quality of HMRC’s Official Statistics. This review had a positive impact, helping to […]
Dear Grant, Jane, We have independently reviewed the actions that HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) and the Office for National Statistics (ONS) have taken to address the six requirements outlined in our assessment report. On behalf of the Board of the UK Statistics Authority, I am pleased to confirm that they comply with the standards […]
Dear Sean Child and Working Tax Credit statistics Thank you for your team’s cooperation in our recent review of HMRC’s Child and Working Tax Credits statistics and its commitment to developing the trustworthiness, quality and value of these statistics. We chose to carry out this compliance check as part of our follow-up monitoring of HMRC’s […]
Dear Sean Geographical disaggregation of Eat Out to Help Out data I am writing to you with regards to statistics you released last month on the UK government’s Eat Out to Help Out scheme. We welcome the publication of these statistics. Thank you for confirming that delay to the publication was for reasons related to […]
Dear Sean Working-age benefit combination statistics I am writing to you following our assessment of benefit statistics produced by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) against the Code of Practice for Statistics. Our assessment report highlights strong user interest in the experimental working-age benefit combination statistics, which illustrate possible and the most common combinations […]
Dear Sean Statistics from the Survey of Personal Incomes I am writing to you following our review of the HMRC’s Statistics from the Survey of Personal Incomes (SPI). We reviewed the statistics against the Code of Practice for Statistics pillars of trustworthiness, quality and value. I would like to take this opportunity to thank you […]
Dear Sean Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) and Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) statistics I am writing to endorse the approach you have taken to produce statistics about the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) and the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS). These statistics estimate the number and value of claims made to the CJRS and […]
Dear Jim Strengthening the quality of HMRC’s official statistics Today we publish the findings of our review of the quality of HMRC’s official statistics. HMRC invited us to carry out this review after identifying a significant error in its Corporation Tax receipt statistics. The aim of the review was to provide an independent assessment of […]
Dear Ruth Strengthening the quality of HMRC’s official statistics Today we publish the findings of our review of the principles and processes underpinning the quality of HMRC’s official statistics. We welcome HMRC inviting OSR to carry out this review after HMRC identified a significant error in its Corporation Tax receipt statistics, which affected the period […]
Ed Humpherson writes to Sean Whellams, HMRC, on the review of HMRC’s statistical quality management, 5 November 2019.