Dear Brian Compliance Review of Labour Market Statistics in Northern Ireland Today we have published a compliance review about how Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) is improving its Labour Market Survey Statistics. This review focused on NISRA’s development of a new Labour Market Survey and addresses the following questions: Is NISRA effectively handling the […]
Dear Ed, Confirmation of Accredited Official Statistics Status: Northern Ireland Business Expenditure on Research and Development (NI BERD) Thank you for your letter dated 20th November 2025, which set out the outcome of the Review of compliance with the Code of Practice for Statistics for Northern Ireland BERD statistics. Myself and the team are delighted […]
Dear Philip, Northern Ireland Business Expenditure on Research and Development (NI BERD) – Confirmation of accredited official statistics status We have independently reviewed NISRA’s actions to address the two requirements outlined in our Spotlight on Quality assessment report on the NI BERD statistics. On behalf of the Board of the UK Statistics Authority, I am […]
Dear Ed, Confirmation of accredited official statistics status: Northern Ireland tourism statistics covering trips, nights and associated expenditure Thank you for your letter dated 28th October 2025, which set out the outcome of the Review of compliance with the Code of Practice for Statistics for Northern Ireland Tourism statistics. Myself and the team are delighted […]
Dear Philip We have completed our assessment of Public Transport Statistics Northern Ireland produced by the Department for Infrastructure (Dfl), NI. I am grateful for the positive contribution and engagement from your team throughout the assessment process. Our assessment found strong collaboration between DfI’s Analysis, Statistics and Research Branch (ASRB) and Translink (the data provider) […]
Dear Ed, Reaccreditation of Northern Ireland Tourism Statistics I hope this finds you well. As you will recall, in April 2020 NISRA temporarily suspended the designation of National Statistics for the Northern Ireland Tourism Statistics series. This was due to the unavailability of data from Ireland’s Central Statistics Office (CSO) Household Travel Survey, which is […]
Dear Sandy Assessment of the 2021 Census in Northern Ireland Today we have published our phase 3 assessment report of the 2021 Census in Northern Ireland. This report, our third and final report, focused on assessing how well NISRA’s census outputs have met users’ needs and revisited the requirements outlined in our phase 2 report […]
Dear Siobhan Confirmation of National Statistics designation for Northern Ireland Broad Economy Sales and Export Statistics (BESES) We have reviewed the actions that your team has taken to address the requirements in Assessment Report number 365: Northern Ireland Broad Economy Sales and Export Statistics (BESES). I would like to thank you and your team for […]
Dear Ed, Thank you for your letter dated 16th December 2021, which set out the outcome of your recent assessment of NISRA’s Broad Economy Sales & Export Statistics. I wanted at the outset to put on record our appreciation for all of the work that you and your team at the Office for Statistics Regulation […]
Dear Deborah, Thank you for contacting my team about an exemption from the Code of Practice for Statistics to permit a later release time for NISRA’s weekly deaths statistics for the week ending 17 December 2021. You propose to publish on 23 December to avoid publication of the statistics on Christmas Eve. Given the circumstances […]