Dear Ed, We continue to review many aspects of statistical production and publication with regards to informing measures to respond COVID-19. The latest results of the COVID-19 Infection Survey were published at 11am today, brought forward from the originally scheduled 12pm publication time. This was discussed and agreed between ONS and the OSR before the […]
Dear Pete TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF NATIONAL STATISTICS DESIGNATION: OVERSEAS TRAVEL AND TOURISM STATISTICS Thank you for your letter of 22 July, regarding statistics on overseas travel and tourism. Given the suspension of the International Passenger Survey in mid-March which provides the underlying data for these statistics, I support your decision to temporarily remove the National Statistics designation. I welcome your plans to publish data for the first quarter of 2020 later this week, which will be highly […]
Dear Ed, I am writing to ask you to consider a temporary suspension of the National Statistics status for the international travel and tourism estimates based on the International Passenger Survey (IPS). The IPS stopped interviewing on 16th March 2020 due to safety concerns arising from the Covid-19 situation. It has been possible to produce […]
Dear Iain CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) INFECTION SURVEY STATISTICS Following conversations with your team, I am happy to confirm the exemption from the Code of Practice for Statistics’ standard publication time of 9.30am to permit a later release time of noon each Friday for statistics from the COVID-19 infection survey. This new time allows additional time for […]
Dear Sir Ian CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) INFECTION SURVEY I am writing to endorse the approach taken by ONS and partners in developing new statistics on COVID-19 infection. The statistics, published first from a pilot study in England estimate how many people have the COVID-19 infection, and how many are likely to have had the infection, even […]
Dear Jonathan I am writing to welcome your publication today of a blog and three supplementary articles on your contingency plans for producing key economic statistics during the challenges faced as a result of COVID-19. We support the open and proactive way that you have engaged with a range of stakeholders, your proactive and responsive […]
Dear Sir Ian CORONAVIRUS, THE UK ECONOMY AND SOCIETY, FASTER INDICATORS I am writing to endorse the new experimental faster indicators that ONS has published providing information about the impacts of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on the UK Economy and Society. This is ground-breaking and remarkable work from everyone involved in producing these timely and […]
Dear Sir Ian ONS OPINIONS AND LIFESTYLE SURVEY COVID-19 QUESTIONS I am writing to endorse the new official statistics ONS is about to publish which measure the public’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. I would like congratulate everyone involved for their work to produce these timely and valuable statistics in challenging circumstances. My team has […]
Dear all STATISTICS ON THE LABOUR MARKET I am writing to you following our recent review of the key Labour Market statistical reports for the devolved nations against the Code of Practice for Statistics. The statistics published by the Welsh Government, Scottish Government and Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) that we reviewed are: […]
Dear Jonathan ASSESSMENT OF THE UK EMPLOYMENT AND JOBS STATISTICS We have today published our assessment report covering these statistics. I am grateful for the positive contribution and engagement from your team throughout the assessment process. The employment and jobs statistics are key economic indicators that are essential for understanding the patterns and dynamics of […]