Overview At the time of this report, the National Records of Scotland (NRS)’s mid-year population estimates (MYE), small area population estimates (SAPE) and population estimates for centenarians in Scotland are published as accredited official statistics. See the Annex for the full list of statistical publications covered in this compliance review. These statistics provide the official […]
Overview At the time of this report, the mid-year estimates (MYE) of the population produced by Welsh Government are published as accredited official statistics. The latest release provides estimates of the population of Wales as of 30 June 2025. It includes breakdowns by local authority and by age, and components of population change, namely births, […]
Overview At the time of this report, the fraud and computer misuse estimates from the Scottish Crime and Justice Survey are published as official statistics in development. The statistics present information on the prevalence and volume of fraud and computer misuse crimes experienced by individuals in Scotland, as well as the characteristics of victims and […]
Overview At the time of this report, the UK biodiversity indicators and England biodiversity indicators are published as accredited official statistics. They are produced jointly by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC). The statistics summarise annually the state of biodiversity in the UK and in […]
Overview At the time of this report, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Gender Pay Gap in the UK statistics are published as accredited official statistics. The gender pay gap statistics are a sample of the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) and measures the difference in median hourly earnings between men and women […]
Overview In July 2024, OSR initiated a systemic review of economic statistics produced by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). We published an interim report in April 2025 and a final report in November 2025. Our reports, alongside evidence gathered from stakeholders, identified consistent cross-cutting concerns about data quality, survey response, the use of administrative data, stakeholder […]
Overview The Statistical Business Register (SBR) is a planned register of UK businesses intended to serve as a data source for business statistics, a sampling frame for business surveys, and a means of supporting the production of a wide range of economic statistics. The SBR will replace the Inter-Departmental Business Register (IDBR), which currently performs […]
Overview At the time of this report, Transport for Wales (TfW) publishes the Wales National Travel Survey (WNTS) as official statistics in development. The WNTS provides data about the travel attitudes and behaviours of people across Wales. The data will help to monitor progress towards targets in the Wales transport strategy and Carbon Budget 2. The preliminary, six-month […]
Overview At the time of this report, the Household Cost Indices produced by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) are published as official statistics in development. The Household Costs Indices (HCIs) aim to reflect inflation as experienced by different types of households in the UK (in terms of income, home ownership and so on), based […]
Overview At the time of this report, statistics on pupil suspensions and expulsions in Northern Ireland are published as official statistics in development by the Department of Education (DE). The statistics report the frequency, behavioural reasons and demographic breakdowns of pupil suspensions and expulsions from Northern Ireland schools. They are used to identify inequalities, direct […]
