Dear Jon Statistics on Police powers and procedures: Stop and search and arrests in England and Wales We have reviewed your stop and search statistics, which are published in the Police powers and procedures: Stop and search and arrests, England and Wales statistical bulletin. There is substantial public interest in stop and search, particularly in the […]
Dear Maree Compliance Check of the Scottish Mental Health Officers Statistics We have recently completed a compliance check of your Mental Health Officers (MHO) Statistics. These statistics were first designated as National Statistics in 2014. National Statistics are now known as accredited official statistics. We are pleased to confirm that these accredited official statistics continue […]
Dear Ed Thank you for your letter dated 11th July 2024, which set out the outcome of your recent Spotlight on Quality assessment of NISRA’s Business Expenditure on Research and Development (NI BERD) Statistics. I am extremely grateful for all the work that our small team at NISRA have delivered thus far in respect of […]
Dear Mike Review on “Ensuring Confidence in the Economic Statistics Classification Process” We have completed our quality-focused review of the economic statistics classifications process. This review is part of our Spotlight on Quality: Assuring Confidence in Economic Statistics programme, which aims to provide enhanced assurance of the UK’s economic statistics. Classification decisions are important because […]
Dear Sir Ian, Assessment (phase one): Office for National Statistics’ Admin-Based Population Estimates for England and Wales Thank you for inviting us to assess the Office for National Statistics’ (ONS) Admin-Based Population Estimates (ABPEs) for England and Wales against the Code of Practice of Statistics. Today we have published the assessment report covering the first […]
Dear Jen Quality of the estimates from the Crime Survey for England and Wales In July 2022, at your request, we temporarily suspended the accreditation of the estimates from the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) due to quality concerns, specifically, the reduced data collection period and lower response rate. You recently asked us […]
Dear Philip Assessment of Northern Ireland Business Expenditure on Research and Development statistics We have completed our quality-focused assessment of your statistics on Northern Ireland’s Business Expenditure on Research and Development (NI BERD). This is the fourth assessment in our Spotlight on Quality programme, which aims to provide continued assurance that the UK statistical system […]
Dear Liz Assessment of Business Enterprise Research and Development statistics We have completed our quality-focused assessment of your statistics on Business Enterprise Research and Development (BERD). This is the third assessment in our Spotlight on Quality programme, which aims to provide continued assurance that the UK statistical system produce high quality economic statistics. We have […]
Dear Mike Alternative Release Time for Economic Statistics As you know, the responses to our recent consultation on Futureproofing the Code of Practice for Statistics included a small number which expressed disagreement with the alternative release time (ART) for market sensitive economic statistics. Most of these called for a return to the release time of […]
Dear Ed, Alternative Release Time for Economic Statistics The ONS’s initial move to earlier releases of market-sensitive economic statistics was at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic when holding in-person secure media briefings became impossible. We chose 0700 because other market-sensitive announcements, notably company results, are usually made at this time. Although forced by necessity, […]