Dear Jen and Alex, Review of statistics from the Wealth and Assets Survey (WAS) Today, we have published a report of our review of the latest statistics from the Wealth and Assets Survey (WAS) – including the bulletin titled Household total wealth in Great Britain – for compliance against key elements of the Code of […]
Dear Ed, Household wealth statistics We are writing regarding the designation of Household total wealth in Great Britain statistics from the Wealth and Assets Survey (WAS) as official accredited statistics. Prior to publication of the latest statistics in January 2025, the ONS carried out its own internal assessment of quality of the WAS. Our view […]
Dear Emma Thank you for your letter dated 11 December 2024 in which you provided an update on the work the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and the Government Statistical Service (GSS) are taking to address the recommendations set out in our September 2024 Review of statistics on gender identity based on data collected as […]
Dear Emma, Phase 3 assessment report: 2021 Census in England and Wales Today we published our Phase 3 assessment report of the 2021 Census in England and Wales produced by ONS. This report is the third and final phase of our census assessment and it focused on the extent that ONS met its commitments made […]
Dear Richard Thank you for your letter setting out the error you have discovered as part of investigative work preparing to improve methods and production systems for Producer Price Indices (PPI). Based on the findings of your investigations, I agree to your request to temporarily remove the accredited official statistics status from the following outputs, […]
Dear Ed, On 21 March 2025 we announced a pause to the monthly publication of ONS Producer Price Indices (PPI) following the discovery of an error. The error also affects related series including the Import Price Index (IPI), Export Price Index (EPI), Services Producer Price Index (SPPI) and the deflators derived from these series. For […]
Dear Grant, We have completed our review of the UK trade statistics produced by Office for National Statistics (ONS). This report focused on reviewing the progress ONS has made in improving the trade statistics since their de-accreditation in 2014. Since 2014, ONS has made significant progress on improving the UK trade statistics and has successfully […]
Dear Ed, I am writing to formally request an alternative to the 9:30am release time relating to the release of Transformation of UK consumer price statistics, groceries scanner data analysis. This article will showcase our ability to produce CPI estimates based on groceries scanner data, with implementation planned for March 2026. User feedback has suggested that […]
Dear Rachel, Thank you for your request, made on 9 April 2025, for an alternative release time for your one-off Transformation of UK consumer price statistics, groceries scanner data analysis, April 2025 release. Having considered your reasons, I am content to approve your proposal to publish this analysis article at 7:00am. This decision is taken […]
Dear Ed, Thank you for your letter dated 3 April regarding your review of fraud and computer misuse statistics for England and Wales. I would like to thank your team for their positive engagement throughout the process. The ONS Centre for Crime and Justice is committed to improving insights into fraud and computer misuse statistics […]