Dear Sean Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) and Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) statistics I am writing to endorse the approach you have taken to produce statistics about the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) and the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS). These statistics estimate the number and value of claims made to the CJRS and […]
Dear Ed, The use of unpublished statistics in Scottish Government press release Thank you for your letter of 8 July relating to the use of an unpublished statistics on routine serology (antibody) testing in a Scottish Government news release on 23rd June. This was an oversight, for which we apologise. As you are aware, there […]
Dear Mark, CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) DAILY DEATHS I am writing to endorse the approach you have taken to develop the daily deaths statistics that NHS England has published in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The statistics report on the deaths of patients who have died in hospitals in England and had either tested positive for […]
Dear Scott and Roger The use of unpublished statistics in Scottish Government news release On 23 June, a news release ‘COVID-19 antibody testing’ was published on the Scottish Government website detailing a letter written to NHS boards from the Chief Medical Officer Dr Gregor Smith about the use of serology testing for COVID-19 in Scotland. […]
Dear Sandra STATISTICS ON ROUGH SLEEPING SNAPSHOT IN ENGLAND We have recently conducted our review of the compliance of Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government’s (MHCLG) Rough Sleeping Snapshot official statistics against the Code of Practice for Statistics While these statistics are not National Statistics, they are important official statistics valued by users and […]
Dear Ed, RE: Parliamentary question response on figures regarding those subject to No Recourse to Public Funds policy. Thank you for your letter of 22 June 2020 where you raised an issue with regards to how the Home Office had responded to a parliamentary question requesting data on the numbers of people were given leave […]
Dear Glyn THE NATIONAL ROUGH SLEEPER COUNT IN WALES We have recently conducted our review of the compliance of Welsh Government’s (WG) Rough Sleeper Count official statistics against the Code of Practice for Statistics. While these statistics are not National Statistics, they are important official statistics valued by users and so we have made a […]
Dear Sir Richard Heaton Publication of statistics relating to COVID-19 in prisons in England and Wales I am writing to welcome the publication of new official statistics by Ministry of Justice (MOJ), which provide weekly data on COVID-19 in HM Prison and Probation Service in England and Wales. In previous weeks, we have seen use […]
Dear Sandra TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF NATIONAL STATISTICS DESIGNATION: LOCAL AUTHORITY REVENUE EXPENDITURE AND FINANCING, ENGLAND: 2020 TO 2021 BUDGET Thank you for your letter of 26 June, regarding your annual local authority revenue expenditure and financing, England: 2020 to 2021 budget statistics. Given the data inconsistencies identified by your statisticians for this year’s statistics and […]
Dear Ed, TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF NATIONAL STATISTICS DESIGNATION FOR LOCAL AUTHORITY REVENUE EXPENDITURE AND FINANCING, ENGLAND: 2020 TO 2021 BUDGET I am writing to ask you to consider a temporary suspension of the National Statistics badging for the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government’s statistics on Local authority revenue expenditure and financing, England: 2020 […]