Welsh Government

  1. Mark Pont to Stephanie Howarth, Peter Whitehouse, Tracy Power, and David Marshall: Review of household estimates and projections for Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland

    Sent from: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Sent to: National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Welsh Government

    Dear all Household estimates and projections for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland I am writing to you following our recent compliance check against the Code of Practice for Statistics of the household estimates and projections published by the Welsh Government, National Records of Scotland (NRS), and Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA). As part […]

  2. Mark Pont to Stephanie Howarth: Welsh Government Fire Statistics

    Sent from: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Sent to: Welsh Government

    Dear Stephanie Welsh Government Fire and Rescue Incident Statistics, Grassland Fires, Deliberate Fires, and Fire and Rescue Authority Performance As you are aware we recently completed our compliance check of the Welsh Government’s Fire and Rescue Incident Statistics against the Code of Practice for Statistics. This review also covered three additional publications – grassland fires, […]

  3. Mark Pont to Neil McIvor, Stephanie Howarth, and Pauline Donnan: Reporting of data from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) in England, Wales and Northern Ireland

    Sent from: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Sent to: Department for Education, Department of Education, Northern Ireland, Welsh Government

    Dear Neil, Stephanie and Pauline Reporting of data from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) in England, Wales and Northern Ireland I am writing to you following our recent review against the Code of Practice for Statistics of the three sets of outputs of results from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) for […]

  4. Ed Humpherson to Stephanie Howarth: Transparency of data related to COVID-19

    Sent from: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Sent to: Welsh Government

    Dear Stephanie Transparency of data related to COVID-19 I am writing to draw your attention to the statement and blog published today by the Office for Statistics Regulation on communicating data during the pandemic. Our aim is to uphold public confidence in statistics that serve the public good. During the pandemic there have been high […]

  5. Mark Pont to Ken Roy (Defra), Ingrid Baber (SEPA), Stephanie Howarth (Welsh Government) and Conor McCormack (DAERA): Local Authority Collected Waste Management statistics

    Sent from: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Sent to: Defra, Department for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Northern Ireland), Scottish Government, Welsh Government

    Dear all, Local Authority Collected Waste Management statistics We have reviewed compliance with the Code of Practice for Statistics of the four sets of waste statistics published by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA), the Welsh Government and the Northern Ireland Department of Agriculture, Environment and […]

  6. Ed Humpherson to Stephanie Howarth: COVID-19 Infection Survey Results Publication Time

    Sent from: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Sent to: Welsh Government

    Dear Stephanie, COVID-19 Infection Survey Results Publication Time Earlier in the year we granted ONS an exemption from the Code of Practice for Statistics’ standard publication time of 9.30am to permit a later release time of noon each Friday for statistics from the COVID-19 infection survey. I am happy to confirm that the same exemption […]

  7. Mark Pont to Glyn Jones: Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2019 statistics

    Sent from: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Sent to: Welsh Government

    Dear Glyn   WELSH INDEX OF MULTIPLE DEPRIVATION 2019 STATISTICS    I am writing to you following our review of the Welsh Government’s Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2019 (WIMD) statistics against the Code of Practice for Statistics. The statistics were reviewed against the three pillars of the Code: trustworthiness, quality and value.   WIMD statistics are an important tool for identifying the most disadvantaged areas and for supporting decisions […]

  8. Mark Pont to Glyn Jones: Compliance Check of the National Rough Sleeper Count in Wales

    Sent from: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Sent to: Welsh Government

    Dear Glyn THE NATIONAL ROUGH SLEEPER COUNT IN WALES We have recently conducted our review of the compliance of Welsh Government’s (WG) Rough Sleeper Count official statistics against the Code of Practice for Statistics. While these statistics are not National Statistics, they are important official statistics valued by users and so we have made a […]

  9. Ed Humpherson to Glyn Jones: Monthly Indicators from the National Survey for Wales

    Sent from: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Sent to: Welsh Government

    Dear Glyn Monthly Indicators from the National Survey for Wales I am writing to endorse the approach you have taken to develop the National Survey Wales given the current COVID-19 situation. The primary purpose of the survey is to provide views of adults in Wales on a wide range of issues affecting them, which is key […]

  10. Ed Humpherson to Glyn Jones: Provision in local authority settings during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic

    Sent from: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Sent to: Welsh Government

    Dear Glyn Provision in local authority settings during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic I am writing to endorse the new official statistics Welsh Government is about to publish. I would like congratulate everyone involved for their work to produce these timely and valuable statistics in challenging circumstances. As discussed, I am also happy to confirm the […]