In 2015, following a series of assessments, we identified a range of systemic issues affecting health and care statistics in England. Fundamentally, there was no single individual or organisation with clear leadership responsibility and this had led to problems with the coherence and accessibility of these statistics. To bring about change, we have engaged with […]
Statistics on housing and planning present information about many aspects of housing, homelessness, land valuations and planning. These are critical issues of high public interest where good statistics are vital to policy and service delivery. Responsibility for housing and planning policy is devolved across the UK. This report presents findings from our Systemic Review exploring […]
Background The Office for Statistics Regulation views statistics as an essential public asset; innovation in statistics is vital to secure the public value of statistics and can add real value for users. Systemic reviews help us explore issues of public value and identify developments that the statistics system may need to make. What we plan […]
Background The Office for Statistics Regulation is keen to ensure statistics that relate to similar themes are readily accessible to users, able to answer the questions society needs to answer, and that there is a coherent narrative across sources. We see statistics as a public asset and want to maximise their value to users. Systemic […]
Review published on 11 September 2018: Joining Up Data for Better Statistics Background The Office for Statistics Regulation is keen to ensure that statistics are able to answer important questions for society. We see statistics as a public asset and want to maximise their value to users. Systemic reviews help us explore issues of […]
Crime and justice is changing and we think it is important that the statistics continue to reflect the real world; undoubtedly there are challenges to doing this. In our review of the Public value of crime and justice statistics in the UK we identified a need for statistics that join-up across the system, yet the […]
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 […]
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 […]
