Office for Statistics Regulation

  1. Ed Humpherson to Grant Fitzner and Jane Whittaker: Earnings and employment from Pay As You Earn Real Time Information, UK – Confirmation of accredited official statistics status

    Sent from: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Sent to: HMRC, Office for National Statistics

    Dear Grant, Jane,   We have independently reviewed the actions that HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) and the Office for National Statistics (ONS) have taken to address the six requirements outlined in our assessment report. On behalf of the Board of the UK Statistics Authority, I am pleased to confirm that they comply with the standards […]

  2. Emma Rourke to Ed Humpherson: ONS response to OSR’s Admin-Based Population Estimates Assessment

    Sent from: Office for National Statistics

    Sent to: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Dear Ed, On 15 July 2024, the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) published initial findings on the new methods that the Office for National Statistics (ONS) is developing to produce population estimates for England and Wales, using administrative data sources. We are now writing to update you on progress since your review. Our recent focus […]

  3. Sioned Cardew-Richardson to Ed Humpherson: Accreditation for Medr’s statistical publications

    Sent from: Medr

    Sent to: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Dear Ed, Medr are an arm’s length body of the Welsh Government. On 1 August 2024 we took over the full range of duties from the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW), and a range of functions from the Welsh Government relating to tertiary education. We are responsible for funding and regulating the tertiary […]

  4. Siobhan Tuohy-Smith to Stephanie Howarth: Compliance review of maternity and births statistics and breastfeeding statistics

    Sent from: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Sent to: Welsh Government

    Dear Stephanie, We recently completed a compliance review of Welsh Government’s Maternity and births statistics and Breastfeeding statistics against the standards of the Code of Practice for Statistics. Our review considered whether the Welsh Government can continue to publish the statistics as accredited official statistics.  Based on the findings of the review, it is our […]

  5. Ed Humpherson to Philip Wales: Northern Ireland Public Transport statistics – Confirmation of accredited official statistics status

    Sent from: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Sent to: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency

    Dear Philip, We have independently reviewed the actions that NISRA statisticians within Analysis, Statistics and Research Branch (ASRB) in the Department for Infrastructure (DfI) have taken to address the two requirements outlined in our assessment report. On behalf of the Board of the UK Statistics Authority, I am pleased to confirm that they comply with the […]

  6. Ed Humpherson to Alan Ferrier: Temporary suspension of accredited official statistics status of National Records Scotland’s Healthy Life Expectancy statistics

    Sent from: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Sent to: National Records of Scotland

    Dear Alan,   Thank you for your letter regarding National Records Scotland’s Healthy Life Expectancy statistics. As you explain, these statistics use data from the Annual Population Survey (APS), produced by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Due to decreasing APS sample sizes and resulting concerns about the quality of sub-national estimates, last year we agreed […]

  7. Alan Ferrier to Ed Humpherson: Temporary suspension of accredited official statistics status of National Records Scotland’s Healthy Life Expectancy statistics

    Sent from: National Records of Scotland

    Sent to: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Dear Ed, I am writing to you to request the suspension of accreditation of National Records of Scotland’s (NRS) Healthy Life Expectancy estimates for Scotland, starting with the upcoming ‘Healthy Life Expectancy, 2021-2023’ publication, which is currently badged as Accredited Official Statistics. Our healthy life expectancy methodology was based on data from the Annual Population […]

  8. Ed Humpherson to Professor Jonathan Portes: GDP per Head Estimates

    Sent from: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Sent to: King's College London

    Dear Jonathan, Thank you for your email dated 15th May 2025 raising concerns about the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per head figures published that day as part of the first quarterly estimate of GDP statistics for January to March 2025. We have addressed each of your concerns in turn below. You expressed your view that […]

  9. Eugene Mooney to Ed Humpherson: Temporary suspension of accredited official statistics status of the NIAS ambulance statistics within the Northern Ireland Hospital Statistics: Urgent and Emergency Care publication.

    Sent from: Department of Health (Northern Ireland)

    Sent to: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Dear Ed, I am writing regarding the official statistics accreditation of the Northern Ireland Hospital Statistics: Urgent and Emergency Care publication. Official statistics accreditation of this publication is based on both emergency department (ED) data and ambulance service data that is derived from different sources. In the latter case the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS) […]

  10. Ed Humpherson to Eugene Mooney: Temporary suspension of accredited official statistics status of the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS) ambulance statistics within the Northern Ireland Hospital Statistics: Urgent and Emergency Care publication

    Sent from: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Sent to: Department of Health (Northern Ireland)

    Dear Eugene Thank you for your letter regarding the Northern Ireland Hospital Statistics: Urgent and Emergency Care publication, and the change to the data source for ambulance service data. Given the fact that you have not yet been able to fully familiarise yourself with the new data for the ambulance response times and assure yourself […]