National Records of Scotland

  1. Ed Humpherson to Paul Lowe: OSR Publishes Assessment Reports for 2021 Censuses

    Sent from: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Sent to: National Records of Scotland

    Dear Paul OSR Publishes Assessment Reports for 2021 Censuses I am writing today as we have published our phase 2 assessment reports for the 2021 Census in England and Wales and the 2021 Census in Northern Ireland.  Some of our requirements for the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and Northern Ireland Research and Statistics Agency (NISRA) are relevant for […]

  2. Paul Lowe response to Ed Humpherson: Guidance for the sex question in Scotland’s Census

    Sent from: National Records of Scotland

    Sent to: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Dear Ed, Guidance for the sex question in Scotland’s Census Thank you for your letter dated 16 September 2021 regarding Scotland’s Census sex question guidance. During scrutiny of the census legislation, NRS indicated to the previous Culture, Tourism, Europe and External Affairs Committee of the Scottish Parliament the intention to provide guidance for the sex […]

  3. Ed Humpherson to Paul Lowe: Guidance for the sex question in Scotland’s Census

    Sent from: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Sent to: National Records of Scotland

    Dear Paul, Guidance for the sex question in Scotland’s Census I am writing given the announcement of the decision on Scotland’s Census sex question guidance. Based on our previous discussions, I was pleased to hear you were undertaking a review of the Census sex question guidance, given the changes made to the other Censuses in […]

  4. Mark Pont to Stephanie Howarth, Peter Whitehouse, Tracy Power, and David Marshall: Review of household estimates and projections for Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland

    Sent from: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Sent to: National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Welsh Government

    Dear all Household estimates and projections for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland I am writing to you following our recent compliance check against the Code of Practice for Statistics of the household estimates and projections published by the Welsh Government, National Records of Scotland (NRS), and Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA). As part […]

  5. Paul Lowe response to Ed Humpherson: Guidance on the sex question in the forthcoming Census for Scotland

    Sent from: National Records of Scotland

    Sent to: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Dear Ed, Guidance on the sex question in the forthcoming Census for Scotland Thank you for your letter dated 4 October 2020 and in particular your positive comments on the work National Records of Scotland is doing to deliver the census. Stakeholder engagement is vitally important to National Records of Scotland and I am pleased […]

  6. Ed Humpherson to Paul Lowe: Guidance on the sex question in the forthcoming Census for Scotland

    Sent from: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Sent to: National Records of Scotland

    Dear Paul Guidance on the sex question in the forthcoming Census for Scotland I know how much emphasis you put on stakeholder engagement. In general, National Records of Scotland (NRS) seeks to engage with a wide range of users of its data and key stakeholders on its statistical developments and outputs, including on Scotland’s Census. […]

  7. Ed Humpherson to Paul Lowe (NRS): Assessment of 2021 Censuses in the UK

    Sent from: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Sent to: National Records of Scotland

    Dear Paul Assessment of 2021 Censuses in the UK– National Records of Scotland (NRS) Response to Preliminary Findings I am writing to you to share our feedback on the progress NRS has made to meet the standard of the Code of Practice for Statistics in its developments for Scotland’s Census. There has of course been […]

  8. Temporary exemption from Code of Practice for National Records of Scotland

    Sent from: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Sent to: National Records of Scotland

    Dear Pete Following discussions with your vital events team, I am happy to confirm the exemption from the Code of Practice for Statistics’ standard publication time of 9.30am to permit a later release time of noon each Wednesday for NRS’s weekly deaths statistics. Given the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic I welcome your endeavours to publish information […]