Dear Ed, Office for Statistics Regulation Systemic Review of ONS Economic Statistics Thank you for your letter dated 7 April 2025. The publication of the Systemic Review of ONS Economic Statistics reflects the vital role that the OSR plays in ensuring official statistics are of the highest-quality and can be trusted to provide accurate measures […]
Dear Sir Ian, Review of economic statistics produced by the Office for National Statistics We have now published an interim report as part of our review of economic statistics produced by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) setting out our findings. This review is focusing on data sources for economic statistics, stakeholder needs and engagement, […]
Dear Jen, Today we published our review of the fraud and computer misuse statistics for England and Wales produced by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). I would like to thank your team for its positive engagement throughout the review. This review complements our review of the quality of police recorded crime statistics for England and […]
Dear Mike, Thank you for sharing with us your assessment of your practice of releasing market-sensitive economic data outside of market trading hours at 0700, rather than the default release time for official statistics of 0930. Under our Alternative Release Times (ART) policy it falls to the producer, in this case ONS, to periodically consider […]
Dear Alex, Liz Since our letter in July 2023, we have continued to review ONS’s transformation of the Labour Force Survey (LFS) against the Code of Practice for Statistics, alongside our review of LFS-derived Labour Market Statistics following the accreditation suspension last year. We have today published a progress report which consolidates our work on […]
Dear Ed, Today we published our action plan for improving the quality of police recorded crime statistics in England and Wales. This was developed in response to the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) review of the quality of police recorded crime statistics for England and Wales. I would like to thank your team for its positive […]
Dear Ed, We are writing in response to your letter setting out your intention to review Household total wealth in Great Britain – the latest statistics from the Wealth and Assets Survey (WAS) – for compliance with key elements of the Code of Practice for Statistics. WAS is an important and unique source of data […]
Dear Alex, Jen We previously set out an intention to undertake further regulatory work on response issues impacting household surveys used across the statistics landscape. To start this work, we plan to undertake a review of Household total wealth in Great Britain – the latest statistics from the Wealth and Assets Survey – of compliance […]
Dear Ed I am writing in response to your letter of 12 September 2024 and the final report of Office for Statistics Regulation’s (OSR’s) review of gender identity estimates for England and Wales from Census 2021 published on the same date. I am pleased to be able to provide an update today on work underway in the […]
Dear Ed, Personal Well-being in the UK release The Office for National Statistics developed questions on personal well-being in 2011 asking respondents how satisfied they are with their life, whether they think the things they do in life are worthwhile, how happy they were yesterday and how anxious they were yesterday. We currently publish personal […]