Dear Ed, Thank you for your letter dated 3 April regarding your review of fraud and computer misuse statistics for England and Wales. I would like to thank your team for their positive engagement throughout the process. The ONS Centre for Crime and Justice is committed to improving insights into fraud and computer misuse statistics […]
Dear Ed, Office for Statistics Regulation Systemic Review of ONS Economic Statistics Thank you for your letter dated 7 April 2025. The publication of the Systemic Review of ONS Economic Statistics reflects the vital role that the OSR plays in ensuring official statistics are of the highest-quality and can be trusted to provide accurate measures […]
Dear Sir Ian, Review of economic statistics produced by the Office for National Statistics We have now published an interim report as part of our review of economic statistics produced by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) setting out our findings. This review is focusing on data sources for economic statistics, stakeholder needs and engagement, […]
Dear Jen, Today we published our review of the fraud and computer misuse statistics for England and Wales produced by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). I would like to thank your team for its positive engagement throughout the review. This review complements our review of the quality of police recorded crime statistics for England and […]
Dear Jon, Today we published our review of the fraud and computer misuse statistics for England and Wales produced by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). I would like to thank your team for its positive engagement throughout the review. This review complements our review of the quality of police recorded crime statistics for England […]
Dear Sir Peter We have received a number of complaints relating to a press release published by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) on 13 March entitled ‘Almost two million people on Universal Credit not supported to look for work’. The original version of the press release stated that: “The number [of people on […]
Dear Abbie We have now completed our review of the quality of the Ministry of Justice’s (MoJ) criminal court statistics for England and Wales. I am grateful for the positive contribution and engagement from your team in MoJ and your colleagues in HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) throughout the review. We undertook our review […]
Dear Ed, 18 Weeks Referral to Treatment Publication Pause I have taken the decision to pause data collection and production of the PHS quarterly statistics publication on adherence to the NHS Scotland 18-week referral to treatment (RTT) standard. This will enable us to divert resource to developing statistics about NHS performance around activity for eight […]
Dear Scott Thank you for your letter formally outlining the intention to pause the data collection and production of the Public Health Scotland’s quarterly official statistics publication on adherence to the NHS Scotland 18-week referral to treatment (RTT) standard after the next scheduled publication on 18th March 2025. I understand that this decision has been […]
Dear Mike, Thank you for sharing with us your assessment of your practice of releasing market-sensitive economic data outside of market trading hours at 0700, rather than the default release time for official statistics of 0930. Under our Alternative Release Times (ART) policy it falls to the producer, in this case ONS, to periodically consider […]