Reviews and reports

  1. Assessment Report: Northern Ireland Planning Statistics

    These statistics provide relevant and trusted information on planning activity in Northern Ireland (NI), with a good overview of the main trends. They enable users to better understand the planning activity performance of NI councils against statutory targets. In requesting this assessment, the statistics team at the Department for Infrastructure (DfI) is demonstrating its commitment […]

  2. Strengthening the quality of HMRC’s official statistics

    Introduction to the review In September 2019, HMRC invited the Office for Statistics Regulation to carry out a review of the principles and processes underpinning the quality of HMRC’s official statistics. This review was proactively initiated after HMRC identified a significant error in published Corporation Tax receipt statistics, which affected the period from April 2011 […]

  3. COVID-19 surveillance and registered deaths data review

    Information available on COVID-19 cases and deaths has been developed rapidly in a constantly shifting environment. The work being done by analysts to get this information into the public domain is commendable. There will always be a desire for improvements to the timeliness and completeness of data, but this should not undermine the huge efforts […]

  4. NHS Digital data access update

    This publication is an update to the initial NHS Digital data access review produced in May 2019. This update was first published in April 2020.

  5. Assessment Report: UK employment and jobs statistics

    Assessment of compliance with the Code of Practice for Statistics Published 26 March 2020 Related Links: Devolved Labour Market Compliance Check (March 2020) Assessment of the UK employment and jobs statistics (March 2020)

  6. Assessment Report: UK employment and jobs statistics

    Assessment of compliance with the Code of Practice for Statistics Published 26 March 2020 Related Links: Devolved Labour Market Compliance Check (March 2020) Assessment of the UK employment and jobs statistics (March 2020)

  7. National Statistics Designation Review – Phase 1 Exploratory Review

    The Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) has conducted an exploratory review to see whether the time is right to look at the meaning and value of the NS designation: does it meet the needs of official statistics in serving the public good in a data abundant world? And, if required, what further developments should be […]

  8. Two-year update: Public Value of Statistics on Housing and Planning in the UK

    Our systemic review of The Public Value of Statistics on Housing and Planning in the UK was published in November 2017. This comprehensive review looked across a wide range of the statistics within our Housing, Planning and Local Services regulatory area. This two-year update report shares the progress made since the review, highlights the challenges […]