The importance of international migration estimates is unquestionable and the Office for Statistics Regulation has had a long interest in improving migration statistics (see the summary of our activities since 2009 below for further information). Our goal is to support the drive for a more comprehensive production of international migration statistics, with orderly release, that […]
This report is prepared under the provisions of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007. The Act allows an appropriate authority to request an assessment of official statistics against the Code of Practice in order for them to gain National Statistics status. This report is in response to such a request. The Northern Ireland Housing […]
This report is prepared under the provisions of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 . The Act allows an appropriate authority to request an assessment of official statistics against the Code of Practice for Official Statistics in order for them to gain National Statistics status. This report is in response to such a request. […]
Effective decisions require reliable information. Management information (MI) is aggregate information collated during the normal course of business to inform operational delivery, policy development or the management of performance. The Office for Statistics Regulation recognises that quality management actions — investigate; manage; communicate — are ongoing activities, to deliver data and statistics to the required […]
Quality Assurance of Administrative Data – A post-launch review
Update – October 2016 Aim Our vision for crime statistics is that they provide accurate and appropriate information and sufficient insight for those who use them to make decisions, and that statisticians in this field, anticipate the needs of the future. Background We have a strong record of publicly challenging the status quo in crime […]
This is one of a series of reports prepared under the provisions of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007. The Act gives the Statistics Authority (the Authority) power to re-assess whether the Code of Practice for Official Statistics continues to be complied with in relation to official statistics already designated as National Statistics. The report […]
This is one of a series of reports prepared under the provisions of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007. The Act gives the Statistics Authority power to re-assess whether the Code of Practice for Official Statistics continues to be complied with in relation to official statistics already designated as National Statistics. The report covers […]
The Authority awarded National Statistics status in 2014 to school-level attainment statistics for England as presented in DfE’s Performance Tables. Following an enquiry about access to education attainment data highlighting the absence of unregulated IGCSEs from attainment statistics, the Director General for Regulation commissioned an investigation to gather new evidence about the school-level attainment statistics […]
This is one of a series of reports prepared under the provisions of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007. The Act requires all statistics designated as National Statistics at its enactment to be assessed against the Code of Practice for Official Statistics (the Code) in order for them to gain National Statistics status. The […]