Scottish Government

  1. Ed Humpherson to Alastair McAlpine: Regulatory guidance on collecting and reporting data about sex and gender identity in official statistics

    Sent from: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Sent to: Scottish Government

    Dear Alastair Regulatory guidance on collecting and reporting data about sex and gender identity in official statistics Today we published new guidance on collecting and reporting data about sex and gender identity in official statistics. This guidance updates and supersedes the OSR previous draft guidance on collecting and reporting data about sex in official statistics, […]

  2. Ed Humpherson to Alastair McAlpine: Scottish House Condition Survey statistics

    Sent from: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Sent to: Scottish Government

    Dear Alastair SCOTTISH HOUSE CONDITION SURVEY STATISTICS Thank you for your letter outlining your assurances about the quality of your Scottish House Condition Survey (SHCS) statistics. I welcome the positive and constructive attitude of your statisticians in engaging with my team. My team has reviewed the steps taken by your statisticians to assure themselves of […]

  3. Alastair McAlpine to Ed Humpherson: Scottish House Condition Survey statistics

    Sent from: Scottish Government

    Sent to: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Dear Ed, Request for reinstatement of Accredited Official statistics designation for the Scottish House Condition Survey statistics As advised when I wrote to you in April 2023, the 2021 Scottish House Condition Survey key findings report was published as experimental statistics, due to an enforced change in methodology, owing to the Covid -19 pandemic, with […]

  4. Ed Humpherson to Alastair McAlpine: Assessment of Achievement of Curriculum for Excellence Levels statistics

    Sent from: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Sent to: Scottish Government

    Dear Alastair Assessment of Achievement of Curriculum for Excellence Levels Statistics We have completed our assessment of the Achievement of Curriculum for Excellence (CfE) Levels statistics produced by Scottish Government. I am grateful for the positive engagement from your team throughout the assessment process. The Achievement of CfE Levels statistics provide information on the proportion […]

  5. Alastair McAlpine to Ed Humpherson: Scottish House Condition Survey 2021

    Sent from: Scottish Government

    Sent to: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Dear Ed Scottish House Condition Survey 2021 I am writing to inform you of our intention to publish the key findings from the 2021 Scottish House Condition Survey (SHCS) as experimental statistics. Our intention is to return these statistics to National Statistics when we publish the 2022 survey analysis and I ask you to consider […]

  6. Ed Humpherson to Alastair McAlpine: Scottish House Condition Survey 2021

    Sent from: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Sent to: Scottish Government

    Dear Alastair  Scottish House Condition Survey 2021   Thank you for your letter outlining your intention to publish key findings from the 2021 Scottish House Condition Survey (SHCS) as experimental statistics.  Given the changes required to data collection for SHCS 2021 due to COVID-19, and the new statistical methods employed, I support your proposal to publish […]