OSR Review of the Public Value of Devolved Public Finance statistics Dear Ed Thank you for your correspondence regarding the constructive review that the OSR recently completed regarding the “Public Value of Devolved Public Finance statistics”. I apologise that a range of other competing priorities have prevented me from responding until now. As you may […]
Dear Ed, RE: Publication of Daily COVID-19 related statistics via a Public facing Dashboard I am writing to you to set out our proposed plans for the orderly release of COVID19 statistics by the Department of Health Northern Ireland into the public domain. It would be my intention to release daily information in the form […]
Dear Ed, You will be aware of the recent publicity surrounding deaths due to COVID-19 and whether the published daily figures for the UK, and Northern Ireland, cover just deaths in hospital or also include deaths in care homes. You will also be aware that ONS published deaths split by location for the week ending […]
Dear Ed, As you will be aware, one of the sources of data used in the production of NISRA’s Northern Ireland Tourism Statistics is unavailable. The source in question is “The Household Travel Survey (HTS)” conducted by Central Statistics Office (CSO), which provides an estimate of overnight trips to Northern Ireland by visitors from the […]
Dear Siobhan, Thank you for your letter of 2 April 2020 regarding Northern Ireland tourism statistics. Given the ongoing data quality issues with the Household Travel Survey (HTS) conducted by the Central Statistics Office in the Republic of Ireland, I support your decision to temporarily suspend the National Statistics publications which rely on the HTS […]
Dear Ed You will be aware of developments at the ONS in respect of their plans to publish Market Sensitive Releases at 7.00am. Historically NISRA has co-ordinated the publications listed below with corresponding releases from the ONS and, if content, it would be our intention for that to continue. Accordingly, I would be grateful if […]
Dear Siobhan, Thank you for your letter of 26 March 2020. I am happy to confirm the exemption from the Code of Practice for Statistics to permit an earlier release time for NISRA’s market sensitive publications. Your decision is sensible and proportionate in the circumstances. Yours sincerely Ed Humpherson Director General for Regulation Related […]
Mark Pont writes to Siobhan Carey, NISRA, on the compliance check of the Safe Community Survey.
National Statistics confirmation for NISRA statistics on Sickness Absence in the Northern Ireland Civil Service
Dear Siobhan ASSESSMENT OF SICKNESS ABSENCE IN NORTHERN IRELAND CIVIL SERVICE STATISTICS Thank you for inviting us to assess NISRA’s Sickness Absence in Northern Ireland Civil Service statistics against the Code of Practice for Statistics. We have completed the assessment and have today published our Assessment Report. I appreciate your team’s positive engagement throughout the […]