Dear Grant, Compliance review of CPI and CPIH statistics We have completed our compliance review of the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) and the Consumer Prices Index including owner occupiers’ housing costs (CPIH) statistics against the Code of Practice for Statistics. Our review looked at how ONS is handling its transformation programme for the consumer price […]
Dear Sandra Building Safety Remediation Monthly Data Release We have completed our review of the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG)’s Building Safety Remediation monthly data release. As you are aware, these statistics are currently published as management information (MI), and MHCLG is voluntarily applying the Code of Practice for Statistics to them. […]
Dear Tim, Gambling Commission update in response to the OSR review of the Gambling Survey of Great Britain Thank you for your letter dated 15 August 2025 in which you provided a further update on the work that the Gambling Commission is taking to address the recommendations set out in our May 2025 Review of […]
Dear Ed, Thank you for your letter dated 1 August 2025. You asked us to keep you updated on progress we are making against the action plan for the GSGB. Therefore I would like to update you on two areas of progress: We held our first GSGB statistics user group on 29 July 2025. Over […]
Dear Ed, Office for National Statistics (ONS) Response to Office for Statistics regulation’s (OSR’s) Systemic Review of Economic Statistics Thank you for your letter of 7 August 2025, and your warm welcome. I look forward to working with you. I welcome your judgement that the Economic Statistics Plan, alongside the Survey Improvement and Enhancement Plan […]
Dear Ed, Developing a modern statistical system – A review of Scotland’s Census 2022 – second progress update I last wrote to you at the end of May to update on progress made in implementing the recommendations from our internal review of the Census. At that point, I indicated that I would provide further details […]
Dear Ed, NHS diagnostics activity and stage of treatment waiting times statistics – New developments I am writing to update you about the new diagnostic activity statistics that PHS has been developing and to advise you of two important upcoming changes to the accredited official statistics publication NHS Waiting Times – Stage of Treatment. As […]
Dear Scott, NHS diagnostic activity and stage of treatment waiting times statistics Thank you for your letter outlining the development of statistics on diagnostic activity which have been published by Public Health Scotland for the first time today. These new statistics will support users to monitor commitments relating to eight key diagnostics tests which are […]
Dear Ed, I’m writing to inform you of a change we are making to the Welsh referral to treatment (RTT) waiting list statistics to improve the relevance and timeliness of these high-profile figures. These statistics are included in the monthly statistical release NHS activity and performance summary. There is a great deal of public interest […]
Dear Stephanie, Thank you for your letter regarding the planned changes to the Welsh referral to treatment (RTT) waiting list statistics which are published as part of the NHS activity and performance summary. We welcome your decision to publish provisional estimates for the total number of RTT pathways waiting and those waiting for more than […]