Dear Scott Assessment of Accident and Emergency (A&E) Activity Statistics in Scotland We have completed our assessment of the weekly A&E activity statistics produced by Public Health Scotland (PHS). We judge that these statistics can be designated as National Statistics once we have confirmed that the requirements set out in our report have been met. […]
Dear Ed Request for assessment of A&E outputs We have been talking to your team in the Office for Statistics Regulation regarding the badging of a suite of NHS England’s A&E outputs: Official monthly stats Statistics – A&E Attendances and Emergency Admissions (england.nhs.uk) 12 hour waits Statistics – A&E Attendances and Emergency Admissions 2022-23 (england.nhs.uk) […]
Dear Sirs Request for assessment of NHS England A&E statistics Thank you for your letter of 25 July requesting an assessment of NHS England’s Accident and Emergency (A&E) statistics. As you say, this topic is of high public interest across the UK. I therefore welcome your endeavours to seek feedback on these statistics and to […]
Dear Ed, Re: Statistics on rape and sexual offences Thank you for your letter of 18 July in relation to our data on rape and sexual offences in our quarterly data publications. I would like to thank you and your team for the advice that you have provided. As you say in your letter, the […]
Dear Ed, Assessment of Personal Independence Payment statistics I am writing as the Head of Profession for Statistics at Department for Work and Pensions. In accordance with Section 12(1) of the Statistics and Registration Act 2007, I would be grateful if your Assessment Team can undertake an assessment of the Personal Independence Payment statistics. We […]
Dear Steve, Request for assessment of Personal Independence Payment statistics Thank you for your letter of 14 July requesting the assessment of Personal Independence Payment statistics produced by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). I welcome your endeavours to publicly demonstrate the compliance of these statistics against the Code of Practice for Statistics. I […]
Dear Max Statistics on Rape and Sexual Offences At the Office for Statistics Regulation, our role is to investigate any concerns about the quality, good practice, and comprehensiveness of official statistics. While the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is not an official statistics producer, it publishes quarterly bulletins of data tables and summaries of main trends […]
Dear Chris Pause of data collection for statistics on Guardianship under the Mental Health Act Thank you for your letter formally outlining the intention to pause the data collection for statistics about Guardianship under the Mental Health Act. This will impact the publication of the Guardianship statistics that was scheduled for this autumn. I welcome […]
Dear Ed Guardianship Under the Mental Health Act 1983 National Statistics I am writing to advise that due to operational pressures, and as agreed by Department for Health and Social Care Ministers, we have paused for one year the Guardianship Under the Mental Health Act 1983 data collection from Local Authorities pending a wider stakeholder […]
Dear Alex, Darren ONS’s transformation of the Labour Force Survey (TLFS) Since our initial letter in November 2022, we have continued to liaise with your teams as we review ONS’s transformation of the Labour Force Survey (LFS) against the Code of Practice for Statistics. We have today published a progress report, providing a summary of […]