Dear Veronica, NHS waiting lists in England Thank you for your letter regarding comments made by the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) on NHS waiting lists in England. I am replying as the Head of the Office for Statistics Regulation, on behalf of Sir Robert Chote. As you note, in an article in […]
Dear Sir Robert, I am writing on behalf of 38 Degrees and our supporters to raise concerns about a potential misrepresentation of NHS waiting list data by the Department of Health and Social Care. In a statement in today’s Times, a spokesperson for the Department of Health and Social Care said “cutting waiting lists is […]
Dear Mike, Assessment of Business Investment Statistics As part of our ongoing Spotlight on Quality: Assuring Confidence in Economic Statistics programme, we have engaged with users of economic statistics and ONS to prioritise Business Investment statistics for our next assessment. We have selected these statistics for two main reasons: Business Investment statistics contribute to estimates of […]
Dear Mike Assessment of statistics on Profitability of UK Companies and Gross Operating Surplus of non-financial corporations We have completed our quality-focused assessment of your statistics on Profitability of UK companies and Gross Operating Surplus of UK private non-financial corporations (GOS). This is the second assessment we have carried out in our Spotlight on Quality: […]
Dear Tony, Household Costs Indices Thank you for your letter dated 14th December 2023, relating to the publication of the Household Costs Indices (HCIs), and more widely relating to the UK’s suite of inflation statistics. I hope you and your colleagues had a good festive break and I wish you all a Happy New Year […]
Dear Mark and Chris Assessment of Accident and Emergency (A&E) Statistics in England Thank you for inviting us to assess NHS England’s suite of Accident and Emergency (A&E) statistics against the Code of Practice for Statistics. We have completed the assessment and have today published our Assessment Report. We judge that these statistics can be […]
Dear Ed, Thank you for your letter on 7 December 2023. We welcome OSR’s conclusions from the latest review of ONS International Migration Statistics Transformation that significant improvements have been made to these vital statistics. ONS is committed to ensuring international migration statistics reach the highest quality standards as we continue to transform to an […]
Dear Mr England Withdrawn Asylum Applications Thank you for contacting us. We have looked into your concern. The Home Office has confirmed that the total number of withdrawn asylum cases is correct but recognises that there may be an error where withdrawn asylum applications may not have been correctly classified into the two potential sub-classifications […]
Dear Ed, Following the publication of the quarterly HCI’s on 5th December, I attended Tuesday’s informative discussion on those measures, as hosted by the Royal Statistical Society in collaboration with the Resolution Foundation; where the event was held. Almost universally the HCI’s were welcomed by the various speakers, including Paul Lewis, the journalist and broadcaster […]
Dear Emma ONS International Migration Statistics Transformation International migration statistics are vital in aiding our understanding of society. They are a key component of population statistics as well as an area of high public and policy interest. We acknowledge that measuring migration accurately and providing estimates for users in a timely manner is incredibly challenging. […]