Dear Ed, You will be aware of the recent publicity surrounding deaths due to COVID-19 and whether the published daily figures for the UK, and Northern Ireland, cover just deaths in hospital or also include deaths in care homes. You will also be aware that ONS published deaths split by location for the week ending […]
Dear Steve UNIVERSAL CREDIT MANAGEMENT INFORMATION I am writing to welcome the publication of supplementary management information on Universal Credit yesterday by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), alongside the regular Official Statistics release, but also to share our concerns about how this differs from the information that was preannounced. Universal Credit continues to […]
Dear Mr Humpherson, REQUESTING ASSESSMENT OF ‘ESTIMATES OF STATION USAGE’ AS NATIONAL STATISTICS I am writing as Head of Profession for Statistics at the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) and with the approval of our Chief Executive, John Larkinson. In accordance with Section 12(1) of the Statistics and Registration Act 2007, I would be […]
Dear Lyndsey, Assessment of Estimates of Station Usage as National Statistics Thank you for your letter of 14 April requesting an assessment of the Estimates of Station Usage statistics, produced by the Office of Rail and Road. I welcome your endeavours to publicly demonstrate the compliance of these statistics with the Code of Practice for […]
Dear Sir Ian CORONAVIRUS, THE UK ECONOMY AND SOCIETY, FASTER INDICATORS I am writing to endorse the new experimental faster indicators that ONS has published providing information about the impacts of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on the UK Economy and Society. This is ground-breaking and remarkable work from everyone involved in producing these timely and […]
Dear Ed, As you will be aware, one of the sources of data used in the production of NISRA’s Northern Ireland Tourism Statistics is unavailable. The source in question is “The Household Travel Survey (HTS)” conducted by Central Statistics Office (CSO), which provides an estimate of overnight trips to Northern Ireland by visitors from the […]
Dear Siobhan, Thank you for your letter of 2 April 2020 regarding Northern Ireland tourism statistics. Given the ongoing data quality issues with the Household Travel Survey (HTS) conducted by the Central Statistics Office in the Republic of Ireland, I support your decision to temporarily suspend the National Statistics publications which rely on the HTS […]
Dear Pete Following discussions with your vital events 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 Wednesday for NRS’s weekly deaths statistics. Given the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic I welcome your endeavours to publish information […]
Dear Sir Ian ONS OPINIONS AND LIFESTYLE SURVEY COVID-19 QUESTIONS I am writing to endorse the new official statistics ONS is about to publish which measure the public’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. I would like congratulate everyone involved for their work to produce these timely and valuable statistics in challenging circumstances. My team has […]
Dear Roger RURAL SCOTLAND KEY FACTS STATISTICS We recently conducted a review of the compliance of Scottish Government’s Rural Scotland Key Facts statistics against the Code of Practice for Statistics. We are pleased to confirm that these statistics can continue to be designated as National Statistics, subject to your team addressing the recommendations highlighted below. […]