Dear Mr Humpherson, Re: Use of statistics in judicial review reform Public Law Project is a registered charity with a mission to improve public decision making and facilitate access to justice. We employ specialist lawyers who assist individuals experiencing personal disadvantage, or charities or organisations representing the interests of marginalised or disadvantaged groups. We also […]
Dear Daniel Assessment of the Police Funding for England and Wales Statistics Thank you for inviting us to assess the Police Funding for England and Wales statistics, produced by the Home Office, against the Code of Practice for Statistics. We have completed our assessment and have today published our Assessment Report. I am grateful for […]
Dear Roger, Gender identity and Scottish Household Survey Thank you for your letter of 24 May requesting a compliance check of the Scottish Household Survey focused on the collecting and reporting of data about gender identity. As you say, there has been significant interest in the collection of data about sex and gender. I’m pleased to receive your request for this review of the Scottish Household Survey against the standards […]
Dear Ed Gender identity and Scottish Household Survey There has been significant interest over the last couple of years in how we collect, analyse and use data around sex and gender. This led to the review of these issues that I’m leading in Scotland. There has been particular interest in the use of a gender […]
Dear Professor Jerrim, Thank you for your letter of 22 April and your paper raising your concerns around the way the quality of data from the 2018 Programme of International Student Assessment (PISA) had been reported. As you highlight the PISA data are widely used to evaluate the education systems across the UK. It is […]
Dear Roger Reporting of data from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) in Scotland I am writing to you following our recent review against the Code of Practice for Statistics of your publication Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2018: Highlights from Scotland’s results. We would like to thank your team for their cooperation […]
Dear Neil, Stephanie and Pauline Reporting of data from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) in England, Wales and Northern Ireland I am writing to you following our recent review against the Code of Practice for Statistics of the three sets of outputs of results from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) for […]
Dear Colleagues Statistics on COVID-19 vaccinations Transparent statistics about COVID-19 vaccinations are important to support delivery of the vaccination programme and understanding of the pandemic. These statistics are also subject to high levels of public interest. It is testament to the hard work of you and your colleagues that such detailed and timely statistics are […]
Dear Daniel Home Office Fire Incident Statistics and detailed fire and non-fire analyses As you are aware, we recently completed our compliance check of the Home Office’s Fire and Rescue Incident statistics against the Code of Practice for Statistics. This review also covered two additional publications – detailed analysis of fires attended by fire and […]
Dear Ed Assessment of UK Productivity Statistics Your review of ONS’s UK productivity statistics provides a very useful assessment. It is good to hear there was a positive contribution and engagement from my team throughout the assessment process. I note the recommendations on the adoption of multi-factor productivity statistics (MFP) by the policy community, more […]