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 […]
Dear Ian COVID-19 TRANSPORT DATA I am writing to endorse the approach taken by the Department for Transport in producing statistics on the change in transport use during the COVID-19 outbreak. I would like to congratulate everyone involved for their hard work to produce these timely and valuable statistics under extremely challenging circumstances. These statistics […]
Dear Sir Ian CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) INFECTION SURVEY I am writing to endorse the approach taken by ONS and partners in developing new statistics on COVID-19 infection. The statistics, published first from a pilot study in England estimate how many people have the COVID-19 infection, and how many are likely to have had the infection, even […]
Dear Ed Publication of the first COVID-19 statistics weekly report by Public Health Scotland Further to my letter of 23 April 2020, I wanted to update you on progress with our new weekly report on COVID-19 statistics in Scotland. The first report was released on 6 May 2020. This is a week later than originally […]
Dear Peter UNIVERSAL CREDIT MANAGEMENT INFORMATION Thank you for your response to our letter dated 22 April, which sets out the future publication of information on Universal Credit. Our understanding is that you will be publishing a weekly management information series summarising declarations made by individuals and households to Universal Credit and information on advance […]
Dear Mr Humpherson I am concerned that the Government’s claim to have hit “100,000 coronavirus tests a day” by the end of April is a misrepresentation of the statistics and as a result will decrease the public’s trust in Official Statistics. It has been variously alleged in the national press that: 1. On 31 April […]
Dear Siobhan ASSESSMENT OF STATISTICS ON PLANNING ACTIVITY IN NORTHERN IRELAND Thank you for inviting us to assess the Department for Infrastructure’s Northern Ireland Planning statistics against the Code of Practice for Statistics. We have completed the assessment and have today published our Assessment Report covering these statistics. I am grateful for the positive contribution […]
Dear Jonathan I am writing to welcome your publication today of a blog and three supplementary articles on your contingency plans for producing key economic statistics during the challenges faced as a result of COVID-19. We support the open and proactive way that you have engaged with a range of stakeholders, your proactive and responsive […]
Dear David PROVEN RE-OFFENDING AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM STATISTICS As you are aware, we recently completed our short review of compliance with the Code of Practice for Statistics of the Ministry of Justice’s (MoJ) Proven Reoffending and Criminal Justice Statistics. I am pleased to confirm that these statistics should continue to be designated as National […]
Dear Ed, UNIVERSAL CREDIT MANAGEMENT INFORMATION Thank you for your letter of 22 April. I was pleased to read your positive comments about the supplementary information we have published alongside our Official Statistics but I equally recognise your concerns around the use of unpublished information and that the release did not include all of the […]