Dear Glyn, As agreed, I am responding on behalf of Sir David Norgrove following the letter he received from Kirsty Williams AC/AM regarding use of estimates from NASUWT of the per pupil funding gap between England and Wales in debate within the Welsh Assembly. We are aware that since 2012 the Welsh Government has not […]
Dear Glyn, Thank you for your letter of 26 March 2020. I am happy to confirm the exemption from the Code of Practice for Statistics to permit an earlier release time for the Welsh Government’s market sensitive publications. Your decision is sensible and proportionate in the circumstances. Yours sincerely Ed Humpherson Director General for Regulation […]
Dear Ed, You will be aware of developments at the ONS in respect of their plans to publish market sensitive statistics at 7.00am. Historically the Welsh Government has co-ordinated the publication of our labour market statistics with the corresponding release from the ONS and, if content, it would be our intention for that to continue. […]
Dear all STATISTICS ON THE LABOUR MARKET I am writing to you following our recent review of the key Labour Market statistical reports for the devolved nations against the Code of Practice for Statistics. The statistics published by the Welsh Government, Scottish Government and Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) that we reviewed are: […]
Dear Glyn POLICE RECORDED ROAD ACCIDENTS STATISTICS I am writing to you following our review of the Police Recorded Road Accidents statistics against the Code of Practice for Statistics. The statistics have been considered as part of a wider review of the devolved nations’ road safety statistics, following our compliance check of Road Accidents and […]
Email response from Glyn Jones, Chief Statistician, Welsh Government dated 12 February 2020 Dear Ed, Thank you for your letter of 30 September 2019 regarding the OSR Review of the Public Value of Devolved Public Finance statistics. I apologise for the delay in responding. The Review provided useful insights and good ideas for future developments […]
Mark Pont writes to representatives of NRS, NISRA, ONS and Welsh Government on subnational population projections, 28 January 2020.
Dear Glyn OSR Review of the Public Value of Devolved Public Finance statistics OSR recently concluded a review of the public value of public finance statistics for the devolved administrations (DAs) and the regions. The complexity of new fiscal frameworks and the associated need to make public finance statistics for the DAs and the regions […]
A letter to Glyn Jones on the compliance check of Welsh Government statistics on affordable housing provision in Wales.
Dear Glyn WELSH GOVERNMENT WELL-BEING OF WALES STATISTICS As you are aware, we recently started to assess the Well-being of Wales official statistics against the Code of Practice for Statistics. During November 2018 we obtained feedback from stakeholders and reviewed the published documentation. Since then, you and your team reviewed the outputs and published plans […]