Dear Mike The Annual Population Survey Due to quality issues with the Labour Force Survey (LFS) that have led to its outputs having their accredited official statistics (aos) status suspended, we are also concerned about the quality, and therefore aos status, of statistics based on the Annual Population Survey (APS), which depends heavily on the […]
Sent via email only James Tucker to Mark Pont: Winter Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Study. ONS response to OSR compliance review Dear Mark Thank you for your letter of 22 May 2024 detailing the findings from the compliance review of the statistics in development from the Winter Coronavirus (Winter CIS) Infection Study, England and Scotland. We […]
Dear Mike Review on “Ensuring Confidence in the Economic Statistics Classification Process” We have completed our quality-focused review of the economic statistics classifications process. This review is part of our Spotlight on Quality: Assuring Confidence in Economic Statistics programme, which aims to provide enhanced assurance of the UK’s economic statistics. Classification decisions are important because […]
Dear Sir Ian, Assessment (phase one): Office for National Statistics’ Admin-Based Population Estimates for England and Wales Thank you for inviting us to assess the Office for National Statistics’ (ONS) Admin-Based Population Estimates (ABPEs) for England and Wales against the Code of Practice of Statistics. Today we have published the assessment report covering the first […]
Dear Jen Quality of the estimates from the Crime Survey for England and Wales In July 2022, at your request, we temporarily suspended the accreditation of the estimates from the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) due to quality concerns, specifically, the reduced data collection period and lower response rate. You recently asked us […]
Dear Liz Assessment of Business Enterprise Research and Development statistics We have completed our quality-focused assessment of your statistics on Business Enterprise Research and Development (BERD). This is the third assessment in our Spotlight on Quality programme, which aims to provide continued assurance that the UK statistical system produce high quality economic statistics. We have […]
Dear Mike Alternative Release Time for Economic Statistics As you know, the responses to our recent consultation on Futureproofing the Code of Practice for Statistics included a small number which expressed disagreement with the alternative release time (ART) for market sensitive economic statistics. Most of these called for a return to the release time of […]
Dear Ed, Alternative Release Time for Economic Statistics The ONS’s initial move to earlier releases of market-sensitive economic statistics was at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic when holding in-person secure media briefings became impossible. We chose 0700 because other market-sensitive announcements, notably company results, are usually made at this time. Although forced by necessity, […]
Dear James Compliance review of statistics in development from the Winter Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Study, England and Scotland Thank you very much for inviting us to independently review the trustworthiness, quality and value of the statistics in development from the Winter Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Study (Winter CIS). Information about coronavirus continues to have high interest […]
Dear Jen, Review of the quality of police recorded crime statistics for England and Wales Today we published our review of the quality of police recorded crime 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 and […]