Systemic Reviews

  1. Systemic review outline: UK water statistics

    What is this review about?  This systemic review will consider statistics and data relating to water quality, pollution and resources across the UK. It will look at how these statistics are produced, how they are used, and how far they support clear and meaningful comparisons between the four UK nations. Why are we doing this […]

  2. Systemic Review Outline: Economic Statistics

    Context  The Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) has recently undertaken several quality assessments of specific economic statistics produced by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), including those published on Business Profits and Gross Operating Surplus, GDP revisions, Producer Price Indices and  Business Enterprise Research and Development statistics. These assessments have revealed specific areas with potential […]

  3. Systemic Review Outline: Police recorded crime statistics – quality review

    Background Statistics on police recorded crime are published quarterly by Office for National Statistics (ONS), based on Home Office data collected from the 43 individual police forces in England and Wales and British Transport Police. Police recorded crime statistics provide a measure of the number of crimes recorded by the police. They are an indicator […]