Dear Ed, Thank you for your letter setting out the Office for Statistics Regulation’s (OSR) assessment of our first quarterly progress reports on the Economic Statistics Plan and the Survey Improvement and Enhancement Plan. Your suggestion that the Office for National Statistics (ONS) publish these quarterly reports has been helpful in creating a clear and […]
Dear Scott, We have completed a compliance review of Public Health Scotland (PHS)’s statistics on inpatient, day case and outpatient stage of treatment waiting times against the standards of the Code of Practice for Statistics. The review considered whether these statistics continue to meet the standards of Trustworthiness, Quality and Value and should retain their […]
Dear Andrea, Thank you for your letter of 15th January requesting an assessment of Adult Social Care Provider statistics in England produced by the Department of Health and Social Care. We note the changes that you have made to these statistics over the past year, following the introduction of digital social care records. These include restructuring your releases following user […]
Dear Ed, Following the introduction of digital social care records (DSCR), we have made several changes to our adult social care statistics over the past year. Most recently, following user consultation, we have split client level data statistics into a separate official statistics in development release, while changing frequency of the more mature provider statistics. […]
Dear Ronnie, As you may be aware, we have been discussing the statistics from the Parental School Admission Survey with statisticians in the Department of Education. The survey gathers information on attitudes to Integrated Education from parents or guardians whose children have gone through the school admission process. Integrated Education brings together children from different […]
Dear Ed, The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) produces the DCMS Sector Economic Estimates: Employment publication series as part of its wider DCMS Economic Estimates. Our employment outputs are based on the Office for National Statistics’ (ONS) Annual Population Survey (APS) and include estimates of filled jobs in DCMS sectors and subsectors, which […]
Dear Ed In your letter to my predecessor on 10 March 2025, you asked for an update by the end of 2025 on future reviews of our alternative release time of 0700 for economic statistics. As previously stated, we need to ensure that the ONS website is robust enough to manage the increased traffic we […]
Dear James, Thank you for your update setting out your plans to review alternative release times for economic statistics. As detailed in our previous correspondence and under our Alternative Release Times (ART) policy, we expect producers to regularly review ARTs to ensure their decisions continue to serve the interests of statistics users and uphold the public good. Your letter outlines how you plan to improve the ONS website and statistical […]
Dear Alastair Thank you for your letter requesting an alternative release time for the publication of non-domestic rates revaluation statistics in Scotland. As detailed in our Alternative Release Times policy, you have explained the rationale for wishing to publish the official statistics on the same day as the Scottish Government Budget (13th January) but soon after it has taken place, to avoid pre-empting any budget announcements that Ministers may be making. We are supportive of this decision based on your reasons set out. It also aligns with our Standards […]
Dear Ed, RE: Alternative Release Time for non-domestic rates revaluation statistics I am writing to request that you agree an alternative release time for the publication of non-domestic rates revaluation statistics, as required under standard 3.6 of the Code of Practice for Statistics. We plan to publish these statistics in the afternoon of 13th January […]