Dear Ed, In line with your policy for alternative release times for official statistics, I am writing to formally request an alternative release time of 2.00pm for National flu and COVID-19 surveillance reports. I believe that a 2.00pm release time for these statistics is necessary for the following reasons: To balance assured quality with timeliness. […]
Dear Sandra Statistics on Statutory Homelessness in England: Confirmation of accredited official statistics status We have reviewed the actions that your team has taken to address the requirements in Assessment Report 364: Statistics on Statutory Homelessness in England. A summary of this review is presented in Annex A. On behalf of the Board of the […]
Dear Mr Humpherson, Thank you for informing the GLA about the upcoming review of revisions to UK GDP statistics through the OSR September Newsletter. The GLA welcomes this review, and your commitment to cover similar issues relating to a wider set of National Accounts measures as appropriate. In this vein, we would like you to […]
Dear Ed, Review of 2021 England and Wales Census data on Gender Identity: Interim report Thank you for your letter dated 9 October 2023 in which you set out your expectations of what is needed from ONS to provide assurance on the gender identity data collected as part of the 2021 Census of England and […]
Dear Jen Review of 2021 England and Wales Census data on Gender Identity: Interim report In my letter to you in April 2023, I shared the emerging findings from our review of statistics on gender identity based on data collected as part of the 2021 England and Wales Census. The review considers ONS’s approach to […]
Dear Scott Inpatients, day cases and new outpatients statistics in Scotland We recently completed our compliance check of Public Health Scotland (PHS) Inpatients, day cases and new outpatients statistics against the Code of Practice for Statistics. The statistics are published quarterly and were designated as National Statistics in 2017. They provide important data showing waiting […]
Dear Ed RE: Confirmation of National Statistics designation for Scotland’s Census 2022 Thank you for your letter dated 13 September 2023 confirming that outputs from Scotland’s Census 2022 comply with the Code of Practice for Statistics. As you can imagine, it has been a busy period for National Records of Scotland, but I am delighted […]
Dear Janet Confirmation of National Statistics designation for Scotland’s Census 2022 Tomorrow will see the publication of the first Census estimates of the population for Scotland. This is a significant milestone and is testament to the huge efforts and commitment from all those involved at National Records of Scotland (NRS). I would like to thank […]
Dear Mike Thank you for inviting OSR to review your practices around the preparation and release of information about revisions to estimates of GDP. I will ask my team to carry out and publish a short review, which we expect to cover the three areas outlined in your letter: Processes and quality assurance involved in […]
Dear Ed, As you know we have just published the indicative impacts of our usual annual update of UK Gross Domestic Product (GDP). At the end of September we will incorporate these figures into the Quarterly National Accounts before issuing the new Blue Book in October. This is an important milestone as it will be […]