Office for Statistics Regulation

  1. Mark Pont to Sandra Tudor: Compliance Check of statistics on planning applications in England

    Sent from: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Sent to: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    Dear Sandra Statistics on planning applications in England We recently completed our compliance check of the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities’ (DLUHC) Planning applications in England statistics, against the Code of Practice for Statistics. I am pleased to confirm that these statistics should continue to be designated as National Statistics. The statistics are routinely used to provide evidence for ministerial […]

  2. Simon Palmer to Ed Humpherson: Police funding infographic for Beating Crime Plan

    Sent from: Home Office

    Sent to: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Dear Ed, Thank you for your letter regarding a statement issued on twitter following the announcement of the provisional Police Settlement, on December 16, which showed overall annual police funding. You highlighted concerns that the data were shown in nominal terms rather than real terms, suggesting that the tweet could be misleading and that it […]

  3. Mark Pont to Darren Morgan: Retail Sales Statistics

    Sent from: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Sent to: Office for National Statistics

    Mark Pont, Assessment Programme Lead writes to Darren Morgan regarding a recent compliance check on ONS’s Retail Sales statistics.

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  4. Anna Price to Dr. Robert Hughes: NHS England and Improvement tweet

    Sent from: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Dear Dr. Hughes,  Thank you for email of 4 February. Your query has come through to me as co-lead of our health and social care team. You were concerned about a claim made in a video shared on Twitter by NHS England and Improvement (NHSE&I) that “1 in 100 children will actually get sick enough […]