Dear Ed, Gender Identity Statistics Thank you for your engagement with our work on gender identity estimates for England and Wales from Census 2021. I am writing to you about the designation of these statistics. Gender identity is a complex and important topic. The voluntary gender identity question on Census 2021 was the first of […]
Dear Jane Business Population Estimates statistics 2024 Thank you for your letter outlining your intention to publish the Business Population Estimates for 2024 as official statistics in development. Given the use of ONS’s Labour Force Survey (LFS) data within the Business Population Estimates statistics, and current quality issues with the LFS data resulting in ONS’s […]
Dear Ed, I am writing to inform you of our intention to publish the Business Population Estimates (BPE) 2024 as official statistics in development. The BPE is currently an accredited official statistic (formerly referred to as National Statistics). It was designated a National Statistic in 2012, with this status confirmed in 2022 following a compliance […]
Dear OSR, Transport Scotland and Sustrans Walking & Cycling Index For a few years constituents have raised concerns with me about Sustrans Walking and Cycling Index (formerly known as Bike Life). In Scotland, the city reports and aggregated report for the whole of Scotland seem to be partly or fully funded by Transport Scotland. A […]
Dear Jonathan, Compliance Check of Higher Education Student Statistics We recently completed our compliance check of the Higher Education Student Statistics and are pleased to confirm that these accredited official statistics continue to meet the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value as set out in the Code of Practice for Statistics. This compliance check was […]
Dear Mr Jeremy Balfour MSP Thank you for your correspondence regarding the Walking and Cycling Index produced by Sustrans. You note concerns have been raised with you by a constituent who has also raised their concerns directly with the Office for Statistics Regulation. Below I hope to address the questions you posed. Is this situation […]
Dear Mike The Annual Population Survey Due to quality issues with the Labour Force Survey (LFS) that have led to its outputs having their accredited official statistics (aos) status suspended, we are also concerned about the quality, and therefore aos status, of statistics based on the Annual Population Survey (APS), which depends heavily on the […]
Dear Ian Statistics about Butterflies, England and UK: Confirmation of accredited official statistics status We have independently reviewed the actions your team has taken to address the four 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 […]
Sent via email only James Tucker to Mark Pont: Winter Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Study. ONS response to OSR compliance review Dear Mark Thank you for your letter of 22 May 2024 detailing the findings from the compliance review of the statistics in development from the Winter Coronavirus (Winter CIS) Infection Study, England and Scotland. We […]
Dear John Compliance Check of Individual Insolvency and Company Insolvency Statistics We have completed our compliance check of the Insolvency Service’s Individual Insolvency and Company Insolvency statistics against the Code of Practice for Statistics. It is clear, both from the published outputs and from talking to the team that produces them, how much work has […]