Dear Ed, Mid-year population estimates for England and Wales I am writing to you today to acknowledge the mid-year population estimates (MYE) compliance review report you published in May. We would like to thank you for your engagement with my teams during this process and for the findings of the review. The report confirmed that […]
Dear Liz Compliance review of Average Weekly Earnings We have recently completed a compliance review of ONS’s Average Weekly Earnings (AWE). This statistical bulletin is currently published as accredited official statistics. Our review considered whether AWE statistics continue to meet the Trustworthiness, Quality and Value standards of the Code of Practice for Statistics. Based on […]
Dear Alex and Liz Compliance review of Family Spending statistics from the Living Costs and Food survey – Progress Update Thank you for your letter updating me on progress against the recommendations from the review of the Family Spending statistics from the Living Costs and Food Survey (LCF). I note the progress that has been […]
Dear Rob, Compliance review of Family Spending statistics from the Living Costs and Food survey – Progress Update In February, the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) undertook a compliance review of Family Spending in the UK statistics concluding that they continue to be published as accredited official statistics, while also setting out three recommendations that […]
Dear Mary, Thank you for your letter in April providing an update on how the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has been developing its long-term international migration (LTIM) estimates. Your letter, alongside ONS’s latest update on its international migration research, demonstrates the considerable progress that ONS has made in improving admin-based migration estimates, while recognising […]
Dear Liz, Business enterprise research and development (BERD) statistics – Confirmation of accredited official statistics status We have reviewed ONS’s actions to address the two requirements outlined by our Spotlight on Quality assessment report on ONS’s BERD statistics. On behalf of the Board of the UK Statistics Authority, I am pleased to confirm that ONS’s subregional and sectoral BERD statistics for 2022 and onwards comply with the standards of Trustworthiness, Quality and Value in the Code of Practice […]
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 […]
Dear Mary, I am writing to provide updates on two recent pieces of regulatory work that we have undertaken in relation to population statistics produced by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Confirmation of accreditation of the 2021 Census in England and Wales outputs (excluding gender identity statistics) We have reviewed the actions that ONS […]
Dear Ed, Thank you for your comments on the second progress report on the Economic Statistics and Survey Improvement and Enhancement Plans. I welcome your recognition of the progress we are making and of our transparent approach with regards to the challenges that we are facing and how we are adjusting priorities in response. As […]
Dear James, We have today published our response to the Office for National Statistics (ONS)’s second quarterly progress report on its Plan for Economic Statistics and Survey Improvement and Enhancement Plan. Our response assesses ONS’s progress in addressing the findings of OSR’s systemic review of its economic statistics, including our interim and final report, and the recommendations of […]