Dear Iain Communicating models and methods to users of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Survey Thank you to you and your team for engaging with us as we investigated concerns about communication of the methods used to produce the estimates of the incidence rate of COVID-19 from the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Survey. These have centred around […]
Dear Iain COVID-19 infection survey publication time Following conversations with your team, I am happy to confirm the one-off exemption from your usual publication time for COVID-19 Infection Survey statistics of noon on a Friday, to 10:30am on Thursday 26 November. I very much welcome your commitment to review your publication schedule to enable you to respond […]
Dear Rob Mergers and Acquisitions Statistics Thank you for your commitment to developing the public value of ONS’s Mergers and Acquisitions statistics and your team’s participation in our recent review of them. This letter confirms our findings and the continued designation of these statistics as National Statistics. We chose to review these statistics given their […]
Dear Mike Consumer Prices Index Including Owner-Occupiers’ Housing Costs (CPIH) Thank you for the positive engagement of yourself and colleagues during our follow-up review of ONS’s development of CPIH – Consumer Prices Index including Owner-Occupiers’ Housing Costs (OOH). This review follows our letter from July 2017, when the UK Statistics Authority re-designated CPIH as National […]
Dear Ole Thank you to your team for engaging with us as we discussed the findings of our recent review of ONS’s internet-related statistics, published in two streams as: Internet access – households and individuals, Great Britain and Internet Users, UK. We recognise the importance of having high quality statistics about internet access and use […]
Dear Sir Ian Assessment of Business Demography Statistics We have completed our assessment of ONS’s business demography statistics. I am grateful for the positive contribution from you and your team throughout the assessment. Our report suggests that a range of improvements is needed for these statistics to fully meet National Statistics standards. We will formally […]
Dear Iain Compliance check of ONS Overseas Travel and Tourism statistics I am writing about the compliance check of ONS Overseas Travel and Tourism statistics which we carried out last year. Our review focused on two issues: the sample size of the survey used to calculate the statistics and how the tourism team engaged with […]
Dear Iain Assessment of 2021 Censuses in the UK – Office for National Statistics (ONS) Response to Preliminary Findings We have reviewed the actions that your team has taken to address the findings in Assessment Report 345: 2021 Censuses in the UK – Preliminary Findings. These findings aim to build on the existing work being […]
Dear Iain Telephone-operated Crime Survey for England and Wales Thank you for inviting my team to review your newly instated Telephone-operated Crime Survey for England and Wales (TCSEW). Statistics from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Crime Survey are vital for understanding the prevalence, type and impact of crime experienced by individuals, households and society. […]
Dear Iain, Thank you for your letter. I am content with the approach you have taken to ensuring data were in the public domain to inform key decisions. This was sensible and proportionate in the circumstances. Yours sincerely Ed Humpherson Director General for Regulation Related Links Iain Bell to Ed Humpherson: Covid-19 infection […]