Office for Statistics Regulation

  1. 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 […]

  2. Ed Humpherson to Chris Roebuck: NHS England Accident and Emergency statistics: Confirmation of accredited official statistics status

    Sent from: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Sent to: NHS England

    Dear Chris We have independently reviewed the actions that NHS England has 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 of Trustworthiness, Quality and Value in the Code of Practice for […]

  3. Ed Humpherson to Chris Roebuck and Andrea Prophet: Data on NHS app

    Sent from: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Sent to: Department of Health and Social Care, NHS England

    Dear Chris and Andrea,   Data on NHS app  I am writing following concerns over the use of data in two recent press releases relating to the new NHS app and the benefits realised as part of its rollout. The first press release, Major NHS App expansion cuts waiting times, was published by the Department of […]

  4. Ed Humpherson to Philip Wales: Assessment of Public Transport Statistics Northern Ireland

    Sent from: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Sent to: NISRA

    Dear Philip   We have completed our assessment of Public Transport Statistics Northern Ireland produced by the Department for Infrastructure (Dfl), NI. I am grateful for the positive contribution and engagement from your team throughout the assessment process.  Our assessment found strong collaboration between DfI’s Analysis, Statistics and Research Branch (ASRB) and Translink (the data provider) […]

  5. Ed Humpherson to Emma Rourke: Adequacy of UK-wide comparable statistics and data

    Sent from: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Sent to: Office for National Statistics

    Dear Emma We have today published our review: The adequacy of UK-wide comparable statistics and data. This is in response to a recommendation in the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee (PACAC)’s report Transforming the UK’s Evidence Base, which set out the challenges and opportunities in obtaining comparable data across the four nations of the […]

  6. Grant Fitzner to Ed Humpherson: Response to Systemic Review of Economic Statistics

    Sent from: Office for National Statistics

    Sent to: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Dear Ed, Response to Systemic Review of Economic Statistics In response to the Systemic Review of Economic Statistics, published by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) in April 2025, I am writing to update you that today the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has published Restoring confidence, improving quality: The plan for ONS economic statistics. […]

  7. Jessie Evans to Ed Humpherson: Request to remove accreditation

    Sent from: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    Sent to: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Dear Ed, I am writing to formally request that the official statistics accreditation be removed from our Digital Sector Economic Estimates: Employment series. If this request is accepted, we intend to publish releases in the series as official statistics in development until further review. Following the suspension of the accreditation of Office for National Statistics […]

  8. Ed Humpherson to Jessie Evans: Request to remove accreditation

    Sent from: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Sent to: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

    Dear Jessie Thank you for your letter setting out findings from your review of Digital Sector Economic Estimates: Employment statistics, following the suspension of the accredited official statistics status for labour market statistics from ONS’s Labour Force Survey (LFS), on which the Annual Population Survey (APS) estimates are based. As you explain, your employment statistics […]

  9. Ed Humpherson to Lord Moylan: Abortion Statistics for England and Wales (18 June 2025)

    Sent from: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Sent to: House of Lords

    Dear Lord Moylan Thank you for your letter of 6 May regarding abortion statistics for England and Wales produced by the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC). I appreciate your concern regarding the timeline for our compliance check. As the regulator for official statistics, our remit concerns published statistics. We do not regulate administrative […]

  10. Lord Moylan to Ed Humpherson: Abortion Statistics for England and Wales (6 May 2025)

    Sent from: House of Lords

    Sent to: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Dear Mr Humpherson,   I apologise for not replying before to your letter of 20th February send in response to mine about statistics on complications arising from abortion. I am glad that you have agreed to undertake a compliance check of the statistics on abortion complications published by DHSC to ensure they meet the standards […]