Dear Mr Humpherson, I refer to your letter dated 19th December conveyed to me by way of Lady Twycross’s reply to my Parliamentary Question for Written Answer HL3549 tabled on 17th December 2024. Thank you for the trouble you have taken in responding. To be clear at the outset, my interest is specifically in […]
Dear Chris Thank you for inviting us to assess NHS England’s cancer waiting times statistics against the Code of Practice for Statistics. We have completed the assessment and have today published our Assessment Report. I am grateful for the positive contribution and engagement from your team throughout the assessment process. We have identified four requirements […]
Dear Jen and Alex, Review of statistics from the Wealth and Assets Survey (WAS) Today, we have published a report of our review of the latest statistics from the Wealth and Assets Survey (WAS) – including the bulletin titled Household total wealth in Great Britain – for compliance against key elements of the Code of […]
Dear Ed, Household wealth statistics We are writing regarding the designation of Household total wealth in Great Britain statistics from the Wealth and Assets Survey (WAS) as official accredited statistics. Prior to publication of the latest statistics in January 2025, the ONS carried out its own internal assessment of quality of the WAS. Our view […]
Dear Emma Thank you for your letter dated 11 December 2024 in which you provided an update on the work the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and the Government Statistical Service (GSS) are taking to address the recommendations set out in our September 2024 Review of statistics on gender identity based on data collected as […]
Dear Emma, Phase 3 assessment report: 2021 Census in England and Wales Today we published our Phase 3 assessment report of the 2021 Census in England and Wales produced by ONS. This report is the third and final phase of our census assessment and it focused on the extent that ONS met its commitments made […]
06 May 2025 Dear Paul Thank you for your recent emails to the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) regarding your concerns about the available statistics on graduate outcomes in the UK and for your patience while we reviewed your most recent enquiry. We have considered the information you provided, including your summary of analysis […]
Dear Ed, Reaccreditation of Northern Ireland Tourism Statistics I hope this finds you well. As you will recall, in April 2020 NISRA temporarily suspended the designation of National Statistics for the Northern Ireland Tourism Statistics series. This was due to the unavailability of data from Ireland’s Central Statistics Office (CSO) Household Travel Survey, which is […]
Dear Ed, In February, I wrote to you to let you know that our internal review of the Census had been published. This included four recommendations focussed on learning for the future delivery of strategically important statistical exercises across the Scottish Statistical System. I have appreciated your support for this work and the recognition of […]
Dear Scott Thank you for your letter setting out the errors uncovered whilst you were working on the development of new statistics to measure the changing cervical cancer screening programme in Scotland. Based on the findings of your investigations, I agree to your request to temporarily suspend the accreditation of the Scottish Cervical Cancer […]