Dear Glyn Monthly Indicators from the National Survey for Wales I am writing to endorse the approach you have taken to develop the National Survey Wales given the current COVID-19 situation. The primary purpose of the survey is to provide views of adults in Wales on a wide range of issues affecting them, which is key […]
Dear Daniel I am writing regarding issues that have come to my attention linked to a parliamentary question response asking for information on how many people were given leave to remain in the UK subject to the no recourse to public funds condition in 2019. I thank you for engaging with my team on these […]
Dear Neil, 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 Tuesday for attendance in education and early years settings during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic statistics. We welcome your decision to […]
Dear Ken User engagement in the Defra Group Today we published the findings of our review of user engagement in the Defra Group[1]. The aims of the review were to develop a better understanding of the range of approaches to user engagement currently adopted within the Defra Group, and to identify the key features of […]
Dear Tony FINANCE AND ECONOMICS SERIES: TRADE, INDUSTRY AND CONTRACTS STATISTICS As you are aware, we recently completed our short review of compliance with the Code of Practice for Statistics of the Ministry of Defence’s (MOD) Trade, industry and contracts statistics. I am pleased to confirm that these statistics should continue to be designated as […]
Dear Rose INTERIM INDICATORS FROM THE PEOPLE AND NATURE SURVEY FOR ENGLAND I am writing to endorse the approach taken to develop interim indicators from the People and Nature Survey. The survey, which collects vital information on people’s engagement with the natural environment in England, was always scheduled to go live in April 2020, but […]
Dear Ed, RE: MANAGEMENT INFORMATION ON ROUGH SLEEPERS Thank you for your letter of 2 June 2020 where you make reference to the use of management information by MHCLG ministers and officials. I can confirm that the management information that supports the statement that nearly 15,000 people have been provided emergency accommodation by local authorities […]
OSR Review of the Public Value of Devolved Public Finance statistics Dear Ed Thank you for your correspondence regarding the constructive review that the OSR recently completed regarding the “Public Value of Devolved Public Finance statistics”. I apologise that a range of other competing priorities have prevented me from responding until now. As you may […]
Dear Mr Pocklington MANAGEMENT INFORMATION ON ROUGH SLEEPERS In a statement on 18 May we set out our expectation that when management information is used publicly by ministers or officials to inform Parliament, the media and the public, it should be available to all in an accessible form, with appropriate explanations of context and sources. We have seen […]
Dear Duncan PUBLICATION OF DATA USED BY MINISTERS I am writing to welcome the publication of sero-surveillance data by Public Health England. The background is that at the daily media briefing on 21 May, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care quoted unsourced figures for the percentage of people in London and nationally with COVID-19 […]