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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Dear Alastair National Statistics designation for the Scottish prison population statistics We have reviewed the actions that your team has taken to address the requirements in our Assessment of compliance with the Code of Practice for Statistics: Scottish prison population statistics. I would like to thank you and your team’s engagement with us during the […]
Ed Humpherson writes to Alastair McAlpine, Chief Statistician for Scotland, following an assessment of the Scottish prison population statistics.
Ed Humpherson writes to Scotland’s Chief Statistician, Alastair McAlpine, regarding Scottish Research and Development statistics.
Alastair McAlpine, Chief Statistician for the Scottish Government writes to Ed Humpherson regarding Research and Development Statistics for Scotland.