Office for Statistics Regulation

  1. RPI CPI User Group – Authority’s response to ‘Measuring Inflation’ inquiry (2)

    Sent from: RPI CPI User Group

    Sent to: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Letter from Tony Cox, Chair of the RPI CPI User Group, to Ed Humpherson, Director General for Regulation. 12 November 2019   Related Links: Letter from Sir David Norgrove to Tony Cox (January 2020) Letter from Tony Cox to Sir David Norgrove (November 2019) Authority response to Lords Economic Affairs Committee’s report ‘Measuring Inflation’ (September […]

  2. Response on Reclassification of Migration Statistics

    Sent from: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Sent to: Office for National Statistics

    Ed Humpherson, Director General for Regulation responds to Iain Bell, Deputy National Statistician, on the reclassification of migration statistics.

  3. Reclassification of Migration Statistics

    Sent from: Office for National Statistics

    Sent to: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Iain Bell, Deputy National Statistician writes to Ed Humpherson, Director General for Regulation, on the reclassification of migration statistics.

  4. Ed Humpherson to The Honourable Mrs Justice Keegan DBE QC

    Sent from: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Sent to: The Coroners Service, Northern Ireland

    Dear Mrs Justice Keegan I am writing to highlight the issue of death-registration delays in Northern Ireland and their impact on mortality data and statistics. I am also writing to His Honour Judge Lucraft, Chief Coroner for England and Wales, about this matter. I would welcome any support you can offer via your guidance to […]

  5. Ed Humpherson to His Honour Judge Mark Lucraft QC

    Sent from: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Sent to: Chief Coroner for England and Wales

    Dear Judge Lucraft I am writing to highlight the issue of death-registration delays in England and Wales and their impact on mortality data and statistics. I am also writing to The Hon Mrs Justice Keegan, head of the Coroners Service in Northern Ireland, about this matter. I would welcome any support you can offer via […]

  6. Response on Death-Registration Statistics

    Sent from: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Sent to: University of Cambridge

    Dear Professor Bird Thank you for your letter in March 2019 asking us to consider removing National Statistics designation from death-registration in England, Wales and Northern Ireland due to the delays that occur when a death is referred for a coroner’s investigation in those countries. We designate statistics and as part of that process we […]

  7. National Statistician response to ‘Joining up data for better statistics’ report

    Sent from: Office for National Statistics

    Sent to: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Dear Ed I am writing to thank you and the Office for Statistics Regulation for your recently published review, ‘Joining up Data for Better Statistics’, which provides a crucial insight into current data linkage activity across government and future opportunities. Data linkage can achieve radical benefits for public policy decisions and research so long as […]

  8. Response on Hospital Standardised Mortality Statistics

    Sent from: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Sent to: Scottish Government

    Ed Humpherson, Director General for Regulation, Office for Statistics Regulation, to Roger Halliday, Chief Statistician and Data Officer, Scottish Government Dear Roger, Scottish Government Press Release on Hospital Standardised Mortality Ratio Statistics (13 November 2018) Thank you for your letter of 29 November in response to our concerns about the Ministerial Statement issued on 13 […]

  9. Letter from Roger Halliday on Hospital Standardised Mortality Ratios

    Sent from: Scottish Government

    Sent to: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Roger Halliday, Chief Statistician and Data Officer, Scottish Government, to Ed Humpherson, Director General for Regulation, Office for Statistics Regulation Dear Ed, Thanks to Catherine for contacting me on 19th November in relation to a complaint about the November 13th release of the ISD publication Hospital Standardised Mortality Ratios (HSMR). I have discussed this with […]

  10. DCMS Sectors Economic Estimates

    Sent from: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Sent to: Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

    Ed Humpherson, Director General for Regulation to Jackie Orme, Head of Profession for Statistics, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Dear Jackie, ASSESSMENT OF DCMS SECTORS ECONOMIC ESTIMATES Thank you for inviting us to assess DCMS Sectors Economic Estimates against the Code of Practice for Statistics. We have completed the assessment and have today […]