National Records of Scotland

  1. Ed Humpherson to Richard Elliott, Alison Byrne and Mary Gregory: Assessment of the 2031 censuses in Northern Ireland, Scotland and England and Wales

    Sent from: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Sent to: Richard Elliott, Director, Census and Population Statistics, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency  Alison Byrne, Chief Executive, National Records of Scotland  Mary Gregory, Executive Director, Population, Census and Social Statistics, Office for National Statistics    Dear all, I am writing to set out the Office for Statistics Regulation’s (OSR) intended approach to regulating 2031 census outputs across the […]

  2. Ed Humpherson to Alison Byrne: 2022 Census in Scotland, phase 3 assessment report

    Sent from: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Sent to: National Records of Scotland

    Dear Alison Today we have published our phase 3 assessment report of the 2022 Census in Scotland. This report, our third and final report, focussed on assessing how well NRS’s census outputs have met users’ needs and revisited the requirements outlined in our phase 2 report published in 2023. On behalf of the Board of […]

  3. Ed Humpherson to Alan Ferrier: Temporary suspension of accredited official statistics status of National Records Scotland’s Healthy Life Expectancy statistics

    Sent from: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Sent to: National Records of Scotland

    Dear Alan,   Thank you for your letter regarding National Records Scotland’s Healthy Life Expectancy statistics. As you explain, these statistics use data from the Annual Population Survey (APS), produced by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Due to decreasing APS sample sizes and resulting concerns about the quality of sub-national estimates, last year we agreed […]

  4. Alan Ferrier to Ed Humpherson: Temporary suspension of accredited official statistics status of National Records Scotland’s Healthy Life Expectancy statistics

    Sent from: National Records of Scotland

    Sent to: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Dear Ed, I am writing to you to request the suspension of accreditation of National Records of Scotland’s (NRS) Healthy Life Expectancy estimates for Scotland, starting with the upcoming ‘Healthy Life Expectancy, 2021-2023’ publication, which is currently badged as Accredited Official Statistics. Our healthy life expectancy methodology was based on data from the Annual Population […]

  5. Janet Egdell to Ed Humpherson: Confirmation of National Statistics designation for Scotland’s Census 2022

    Sent from: National Records of Scotland

    Sent to: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Dear Ed RE: Confirmation of National Statistics designation for Scotland’s Census 2022 Thank you for your letter dated 13 September 2023 confirming that outputs from Scotland’s Census 2022 comply with the Code of Practice for Statistics. As you can imagine, it has been a busy period for National Records of Scotland, but I am delighted […]

  6. Ed Humpherson to Janet Egdell: Confirmation of National Statistics designation for Scotland’s Census

    Sent from: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Sent to: National Records of Scotland

    Dear Janet Confirmation of National Statistics designation for Scotland’s Census 2022 Tomorrow will see the publication of the first Census estimates of the population for Scotland. This is a significant milestone and is testament to the huge efforts and commitment from all those involved at National Records of Scotland (NRS). I would like to thank […]

  10. Pete Whitehouse to Mark Pont: Scottish Population Census

    Sent from: National Records of Scotland

    Sent to: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Pete Whitehouse responds to Mark Pont regarding OSR’s assessment of National Records of Scotland’s Scottish Population Census.