Dear Heather, Assessment of the Business Enterprise Research and Development statistics Following our last correspondence, we appreciate the cooperation of you and your team during the temporary suspension of accredited official statistics status of the detailed breakdowns of the Business Enterprise Research and Development (BERD) data. We are pleased to see the progress made by […]
Dear Alex, Liz Review of reintroduction of LFS-derived Labour Market Statistics (produced by the Office for National Statistics (ONS)) We welcome ONS setting out its rationale to reintroduce planned LFS-derived labour market statistics. We have begun a short review of these statistics (published on 13 February 2024) against key elements of the Code of Practice […]
Dear Ed, Request for reinstatement of Accredited Official statistics designation for the Scottish House Condition Survey statistics As advised when I wrote to you in April 2023, the 2021 Scottish House Condition Survey key findings report was published as experimental statistics, due to an enforced change in methodology, owing to the Covid -19 pandemic, with […]
Dear Sir Ian, Assessment: Office for National Statistics’ Admin Based Population Estimates for England and Wales Thank you for your letter of 13 February requesting an assessment of the Office for National Statistics’ Admin Based Population Estimates for England and Wales. Every country needs to collect population data to understand the size and composition of […]
Dear Ed, Request for assessment of Admin Based Population Estimates for England and Wales We are continuously improving statistics on population to reflect changes in society and technology and better meet user needs. We have taken significant steps towards achieving this goal and have been talking to your team in the Office for Statistics Regulation […]
Dear Mr Wragg, Written evidence from UK Statistics Authority (TEB31) Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee Transforming the UK’s Statistical Evidence Base Thank you very much for the opportunity to give evidence to your Committee as part of the Transforming the UK Evidence Base inquiry on 6 February. I enjoyed the session and I hope that you […]
Dear Steve Assessment of Personal Independence Payment statistics Thank you for inviting us to assess DWP’s Personal Independence Payment statistics against the Code of Practice for Statistics. We have today published our Assessment Report covering these statistics. I am grateful for the positive contribution and engagement from your team throughout the assessment process. We have […]
Dear Rachel Alternative Release Time for the Productivity Overview Statistics Thank you for alerting me to the postponement of the release of the Productivity Overview bulletin, which was scheduled for 1 February 2024, and to your proposal to release these statistics as part of a combined bulletin with the UK Productivity Flash estimate, scheduled for […]
Dear Mike Revisions of estimates of UK Gross Domestic Product (GDP) It was good to see the changes that ONS made in the December 2023 Quarterly National Accounts bulletin to explain more about the uncertainty in GDP estimates. In particular, I would highlight: (a) the expanded narrative that makes information about revisions much more prominent; […]
Dear Sir/Madam I would appreciate you checking a claim made frequently by government ministers and the Chancellor about Britain’s status in tech and life sciences I attach my research which is part of a book in preparation – I think that this definitely proves that the release sent out by a government department and the […]