Dear Simon Concerns regarding ONS GDP statistics during the pandemic Thank you for your email about ONS statistics on public service outputs during the pandemic. It has been, and remains, a very tricky job for ONS to measure public service outputs during the pandemic. It is a challenge to communicate the countervailing forces on public […]
Dear Ed and team, Would you be able to respond to the questions in my blog: https://simonbriscoeblog.wordpress.com/2020/12/18/national-statistics-exaggerate-the-uks-crisis/ These are repeated below. In essence, I am sure you’ll agree that something is not right: – the UK numbers are differently constructed and not comparable with most other countries, requiring strong warnings – the UK’s public services […]
Dear Siobhan Northern Ireland Economic Statistics – progress in meeting users’ needs I am writing to you following the recent review we concluded on the progress NISRA has made in addressing gaps in Northern Ireland’s economic statistics. We carried out our review to take stock of what has been achieved over the last five or so years of […]
Dear Jonathan Experimental statistics on Regional Household Final Consumption Expenditure Thank you for your team’s help in our recent review of ONS’ Development of regional household expenditure measures. These Regional Household Final Consumption Expenditure (HFCE) statistics are a further milestone in ONS’s progress in addressing the long-term needs for more regional data on household expenditure. […]
Dear Tony, Deaths in the UK regular armed forces statistics As you are aware, we recently completed our compliance check of the Ministry of Defence’s (MOD) Deaths in the UK regular armed forces statistics against the Code of Practice for Statistics. Following a constructive conversation with yourself and the team responsible for producing these statistics, […]
Dear Iain, Since we wrote our letter to Dr Rasmussen about the ONS COVID-19 Infection Survey ad hoc teacher analysis, we have done further work on the issues she raised. We recognise the challenge in clearly communicating technical information to users, particularly in a context where you are striving to turn around important analysis very […]
To: Producers of health-related statistics across the UK Number of COVID-19 vaccinations administered in the UK I am writing further to my letter of 1 December 2020, which highlighted our expectations around the publication of statistics on the COVID-19 vaccination programmes. The publication of statistics on COVID-19 vaccinations, for the UK as a whole and […]
Number of COVID-19 vaccinations administered in the UK Dear Mr Pengelly Today we have written to organisations responsible for statistics on COVID-19 vaccinations across the UK. Vaccine statistics are of high public interest, so it is essential that they uphold the principles of trustworthiness, quality and value. We welcome your provision of daily figures to […]
Dear Ed Presentation of findings from the Discharges from NHSScotland hospitals to care homes report Thank you for your letter of 14 January 2021 relating to the above report. As you know, Public Health Scotland is building on the good practice in the publication of statistics from ISD Scotland, one of its constituent parts, and […]
Dear Scott Presentation of findings from the Discharges from NHSScotland hospitals to care homes report On 28 October, Public Health Scotland (PHS) published the report ‘Discharges from NHSScotland hospitals to care homes between 1 March and 31 May 2020’. This was commissioned by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport on 18 August and you […]