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You’re planning to do what? Statistics, resource constraints and user engagement
12 January 2024
In our latest blog, Mark Pont, OSR’s Assessment Programme Lead and Philip Wales, NISRA’s Chief Executive discuss engaging with statistics users and how user input can help decision making… In his recent blog post about keeping a statistical portfolio (and […]
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News
Help shape OSR’s priorities for next year and beyond
18 December 2023
The year ahead Our latest business plan, published in April 2023, details our activities to help us deliver on the priorities you helped us shape, and our ultimate vision, that statistics should serve the public good. Based on what we […]
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Correspondence
Mike Keoghan to Ed Humpherson: Revisions of estimates of UK Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
29 November 2023
Dear Ed Thank you for your letter. We welcome your finding that our approach to revisions is appropriate and well managed and agree with your conclusion that the more extreme criticisms that ONS received were misplaced. As you note, there […]
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Correspondence
Ed Humpherson to Mike Keoghan: Revisions of estimates of UK Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
29 November 2023
Dear Mike Revisions of estimates of UK Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Following our letter in September 2023, announcing our review of the preparation and release of revisions to GDP estimates, we have today published a report setting out our findings. Timely estimates […]
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The public good of statistics – narratives from around the world
16 November 2023
In our latest guest blog, Ken Roy, independent researcher and former Head of Profession, reflects on the narratives from international statistical systems, linking them to the public good that statistics can serve… I really welcome the decision of the Office […]
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Correspondence
Ed Humpherson to Phillip Davies: Business Demography Statistics: Confirmation of accredited official statistics status
19 October 2023
Dear Phillip Business Demography Statistics: Confirmation of accredited official statistics status We have reviewed the actions taken by your team to address the requirements outlined in our assessment report, in which we set out eight requirements that we judged you […]
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Correspondence
Ed Humpherson to Adam Yousef: Regional GDP estimates
17 October 2023
Dear Mr Yousef, Office for Statistics regulation review of practices around estimates for GDP Thank you for your letter received on 6 October regarding the experimental quarterly regional GDP statistics produced by ONS. The rapid review we are conducting focuses […]
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How do people use official statistics to make decisions?
19 September 2023
Sofi Nickson, Head of Research at OSR, shares why OSR is interested in the role statistics play in decision making by members of the public along with what we know about this so far, and invites others to share evidence […]
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News
OSR confirms the National Statistics designation of Scotland’s Census 2022
14 September 2023
The Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) is pleased to confirm that Scotland’s Census 2022 complies with the Code of Practice for Statistics and has National Statistics status, with the first estimates of Scotland’s population going live today at 9.30am. The […]
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Why misleading statistics should never become a catchphrase
7 September 2023
In our latest blog, Head of Casework Elise Rohan, talks about the problem with the repeated use of misleading statistics and how you can combat this. I have always been a fan of the show Catchphrase. The joy of being […]