Dear Tim, Thank you for your letter dated 24 July 2025, in which you provided an update on the work that the Gambling Commission is undertaking to address the recommendations set out in our May 2025 Review of the Gambling Survey of Great Britain (GSGB). I note the publication of the Gambling Commission’s GSGB Review […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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) […]