Dear Colleagues Statistics on COVID-19 vaccinations Transparent statistics about COVID-19 vaccinations are important to support delivery of the vaccination programme and understanding of the pandemic. These statistics are also subject to high levels of public interest. It is testament to the hard work of you and your colleagues that such detailed and timely statistics are […]
Dear Ed Assessment of UK Productivity Statistics Your review of ONS’s UK productivity statistics provides a very useful assessment. It is good to hear there was a positive contribution and engagement from my team throughout the assessment process. I note the recommendations on the adoption of multi-factor productivity statistics (MFP) by the policy community, more […]
Dear Grant Assessment of UK Productivity Statistics We have completed our assessment of ONS’s UK productivity statistics. I am grateful for the positive contribution and engagement from your team throughout the assessment process. UK productivity statistics are crucial in understanding how the UK economy is performing locally, nationally and in comparison to other countries. It is important that economic […]
Dear Jonathan Review of population estimates and projections produced by ONS As you are aware, we recently undertook a review of population estimates and projections produced by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), against the Code of Practice for Statistics. This letter summarises our findings and recommendations. Background Our review was initiated in response to […]
Dear Jane and Rob ONS Foreign Direct Investment Statistics and DIT Inward Investment Statistics I am writing to you following our recent review of ONS’s statistics on UK foreign direct investment (FDI) and DIT’s statistics on UK inward investment. This review follows up on recommendations made in our 2018 compliance check of ONS’s FDI statistics and those by […]
Dear Ed, Thank you very much for your team’s work reviewing our progress on the Covid-19 Infection Survey. We’re taking forward the actions in your review alongside listening to feedback from users of these statistics. We are committed to high standards of transparency and have today published our arrangements on the ONS website setting out […]
Dear Iain COVID-19 Infection Survey Statistics As you are aware, we recently undertook a review of statistics from the ONS COVID-19 Infection Survey. A summary of our review, findings and recommendations is provided below, and set out in more detail in the annex to this letter. Background In May 2020 we carried out a rapid […]
Dear Jonathan Experimental statistics on Regional Household Final Consumption Expenditure Thank you for your team’s help in our recent review of ONS’ Development of regional household expenditure measures. These Regional Household Final Consumption Expenditure (HFCE) statistics are a further milestone in ONS’s progress in addressing the long-term needs for more regional data on household expenditure. […]
Dear Iain, Since we wrote our letter to Dr Rasmussen about the ONS COVID-19 Infection Survey ad hoc teacher analysis, we have done further work on the issues she raised. We recognise the challenge in clearly communicating technical information to users, particularly in a context where you are striving to turn around important analysis very […]
Dear Rob Experimental Estimates of GVA (Gross Value Added) using Double Deflation I am writing to you following our review of ONS’s recent publication: Producing an alternate approach to GDP using experimental estimates of GVA. These new experimental estimates of GVA represent a significant step forward towards improving the UK’s National Accounts framework. Implementing double […]