Office for Statistics Regulation

  2. Ed Humpherson response to Peter Benton: Temporary suspension of National Statistics designation for overseas travel and tourism statistics

    Sent from: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Sent to: Office for National Statistics

    Dear Pete  TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF NATIONAL STATISTICS DESIGNATION: OVERSEAS TRAVEL AND TOURISM STATISTICS  Thank you for your letter of 22 July, regarding statistics on overseas travel and tourism. Given the suspension of the International Passenger Survey in mid-March which provides the underlying data for these statistics, I support your decision to temporarily remove the National Statistics designation.  I welcome your plans to publish data for the first quarter of 2020 later this week, which will be highly […]

  3. Peter Benton to Ed Humpherson: Temporary suspension of National Statistics designation for overseas travel and tourism statistics

    Sent from: Office for National Statistics

    Sent to: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Dear Ed, I am writing to ask you to consider a temporary suspension of the National Statistics status for the international travel and tourism estimates based on the International Passenger Survey (IPS). The IPS stopped interviewing on 16th March 2020 due to safety concerns arising from the Covid-19 situation. It has been possible to produce […]

  4. Ed Humpherson to Ken Roy: Confirmation of NS designation for Defra statistics on air quality and emissions of air pollutants

    Sent from: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Sent to: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    Dear Ken  CONFIRMATION OF NATIONAL STATISTICS DESIGNATION FOR DEFRA STATISTICS ON AIR QUALITY AND EMISSIONS OF AIR POLLUTANTS  We have reviewed the actions that your team has taken to address the requirements in Assessment Report number 344: Statistics on Air Quality and Emissions of Air Pollutants.    On behalf of the Board of the UK Statistics Authority, I am pleased to confirm […]

  5. Ed Humpherson to Iain Bell: Coronavirus (Covid-19) Infection Survey statistics

    Sent from: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Sent to: Office for National Statistics

    Dear Iain CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) INFECTION SURVEY STATISTICS Following conversations with your team, I am happy to confirm the exemption from the Code of Practice for Statistics’ standard publication time of 9.30am to permit a later release time of noon each Friday for statistics from the COVID-19 infection survey. This new time allows additional time for […]

  6. Mark Pont to Glyn Jones: Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2019 statistics

    Sent from: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Sent to: Welsh Government

    Dear Glyn   WELSH INDEX OF MULTIPLE DEPRIVATION 2019 STATISTICS    I am writing to you following our review of the Welsh Government’s Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2019 (WIMD) statistics against the Code of Practice for Statistics. The statistics were reviewed against the three pillars of the Code: trustworthiness, quality and value.   WIMD statistics are an important tool for identifying the most disadvantaged areas and for supporting decisions […]

  7. Mark Pont to Roger Halliday: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020 statistics

    Sent from: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Sent to: Scottish Government

    Dear Roger   SCOTTISH INDEX OF MULTIPLE DEPRIVATION 2020 STATISTICS    I am writing to you following our review of the Scottish Government’s Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020 (SIMD) statistics against the Code of Practice for Statistics. The statistics were reviewed against the three pillars of the Code: trustworthiness, quality and value.   SIMD statistics are an important tool for identifying the most disadvantaged areas and for supporting decisions about addressing local needs. […]

  8. Mark Pont to Siobhan Carey: Northern Ireland Multiple Deprivation Measure

    Sent from: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Sent to: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency

    Dear Siobhan   NORTHERN IRELAND MULTIPLE DEPRIVATION MEASURE   I am writing to you following our review of the indices of deprivation statistics produced by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG), the Scottish Government and the Welsh Government against the Code of Practice for Statistics. The statistics were reviewed against the three pillars of the Code: trustworthiness, quality and value.   As you are aware, our […]

  9. Mark Pont to Sandra Tudor: English Indices of Deprivation 2019 statistics

    Sent from: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Sent to: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    Dear Sandra ENGLISH INDICES OF DEPRIVATION 2019 STATISTICS I am writing to you following our review of the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government’s (MHCLG) English Indices of Deprivation 2019 (IoD) statistics against the Code of Practice for Statistics. The statistics were reviewed against the three pillars of the Code: trustworthiness, quality and value. […]

  10. Ed Humpherson to Stephen Balchin: NHS Test and Trace statistics (England)

    Sent from: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Sent to: Department of Health and Social Care

    Dear Stephen NHS TEST AND TRACE STATISTICS (ENGLAND) Thank you for inviting my team to review your NHS Test and Trace statistics (England) publication. The pace of development of the programme and associated management information has been unprecedented. It is clear that providing these timely statistics is the result of a huge amount of work […]