Office for Statistics Regulation

  1. Ed Humpherson to Lord Moylan: Abortion Statistics for England and Wales (20 February 2025)

    Sent from: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Sent to: House of Lords

    Dear Lord Moylan Thank you for your letter of 20 January regarding abortion statistics for England and Wales produced by the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC). Given the length of time since our assessment of these statistics in 2012, and several data developments which DHSC is planning, we have agreed with DHSC that […]

  2. Lord Moylan to Ed Humpherson: Abortion Statistics for England and Wales (20 January 2025)

    Sent from: House of Lords

    Sent to: Office for Statistics Regulation

    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 […]

  3. Ed Humpherson to Chris Roebuck: Assessment of NHS England’s cancer waiting times statistics

    Sent from: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Sent to: NHS England

    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 […]

  4. Ed Humpherson to Alex Lambert and Jen Woolford: Review of statistics from the Wealth and Assets Survey (WAS) 

    Sent from: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Sent to: Office for National Statistics

    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 […]

  5. Alex Lambert and Jen Woolford to Ed Humpherson: Household wealth statistics

    Sent from: Office for National Statistics

    Sent to: Office for Statistics Regulation

    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 […]

  6. Ed Humpherson to Emma Rourke: OSR’s review of gender identity estimates for England and Wales from Census 2021 – recommendations update

    Sent from: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Sent to: Office for National Statistics

    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 […]

  7. Ed Humpherson to Emma Rourke: Phase 3 assessment report: 2021 Census in England and Wales 

    Sent from: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Sent to: Office for National Statistics

    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 […]

  8. Ed Humpherson to Paul Wiltshire: Graduate Labour Market Statistics

    Sent from: Office for Statistics Regulation

      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 […]

  9. Brian Green to Ed Humpherson: Request for reaccreditation of NISRA Tourism statistics

    Sent from: NISRA

    Sent to: Office for Statistics Regulation

    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 […]

  10. Alastair McAlpine to Ed Humpherson: Developing a modern statistical system – A review of Scotland’s Census 2022 – progress in meeting recommendations

    Sent from: Scottish Government

    Sent to: Office for Statistics Regulation

    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 […]