Office for Statistics Regulation

  1. Ed Humpherson to Regina McGeown: Request for assessment of Northern Ireland Public Transport Statistics and Road Network and Condition Statistics

    Sent from: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Sent to: Department for Infrastructure (Northern Ireland)

    Dear Regina  Request for assessment of Northern Ireland Public Transport Statistics and Road Network and Condition Statistics  Thank you for your letter of 11 December requesting the assessment of Northern Ireland Public Transport Statistics and Road Network and Condition Statistics produced by the Department for Infrastructure.   I welcome your endeavours to publicly demonstrate the compliance […]

  2. Regina McGeown to Ed Humpherson: Requesting an independent review for accreditation of Northern Ireland public transport statistics and road network and condition statistics

    Sent from: Department for Infrastructure (Northern Ireland)

    Sent to: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Dear Mr Humpherson  I am writing as joint Senior Statistician in the Department for Infrastructure on behalf of and with the approval of the Minister for the Department.   In accordance with Section 12(1) of the Statistics and Registration Act 2007, I would be grateful if the Office for Statistics Regulation can carry out an independent […]

  3. Emma Rourke to Ed Humpherson on the GSS workplan towards new harmonised standards for sex and gender identity

    Sent from: Office for National Statistics

    Sent to: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Dear Ed I am writing in response to your letter of 12 September 2024 and the final report of Office for Statistics Regulation’s (OSR’s) review of gender identity estimates for England and Wales from Census 2021 published on the same date. I am pleased to be able to provide an update today on work underway in the […]

  4. Grant Fitzner to Ed Humpherson: Temporary pause of the Personal well-being in the UK release

    Sent from: Office for National Statistics

    Sent to: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Dear Ed, Personal Well-being in the UK release The Office for National Statistics developed questions on personal well-being in 2011 asking respondents how satisfied they are with their life, whether they think the things they do in life are worthwhile, how happy they were yesterday and how anxious they were yesterday. We currently publish personal […]

  5. Ed Humpherson to Grant Fitzner: Temporary pause of the Personal well-being in the UK release

    Sent from: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Sent to: Office for National Statistics

    Dear Grant,  Temporary pause of Personal well-being in the UK release  Thank you for your letter outlining your plans to pause this years’ accredited official statistics publication of Personal well-being in the UK due to concerns with the quality of the Annual Population Survey (APS) which has meant that you are unable to provide the […]

  6. Ed Humpherson to Rebekah Paul: Temporary suspension of accredited official statistics status of Sea Fisheries Statistics

    Sent from: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Sent to: Marine Management Organisation

    Dear Rebekah  Temporary suspension of accredited official statistics status of Sea Fisheries Statistics Thank you for your letter regarding the accredited official statistics status of Sea Fisheries statistics.  I recognise your professionalism in undertaking your review of the statistics and welcome your transparency in bringing your concerns to the attention of users. I fully support […]

  7. Rebekah Paul to Ed Humpherson: Temporary suspension of accredited official statistics status of Sea Fisheries Statistics

    Sent from: Marine Management Organisation

    Dear Ed,   Temporary suspension of accredited official statistics status of Sea Fisheries Statistics  I am writing to ask you to consider a temporary suspension to the accredited official statistics status of the Marine Management Organisation’s (MMO’s) Sea Fisheries Statistics (SFS) 2023, and associated publications.  The annual SFS is currently an accredited official statistic (formally National […]

  8. Ed Humpherson to Abbie Self: Review of MoJ’s criminal court statistics

    Sent from: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Sent to: Ministry of Justice

    Dear Abbie  Review of MoJ’s criminal court statistics  I am writing to set out the focus of our review of the quality of the Ministry of Justice’s (MoJ) criminal court statistics.   The background is that these statistics have not been published since March 2024 due to issues with the quality of the source data. As […]