Population and Society
Our Population and Society domain covers statistics on the size and geographic spread of the population, on the factors driving population change (including births, deaths and migration), and on people’s lifestyles and culture, including sport, language, and identity.
The COVID-19 crisis has highlighted how important it is to understand how we are living and engaging in UK society. We want to uphold public confidence in the data and statistics that we cover, particularly at this time.
We are monitoring statistics relating to COVID-19, working with producers to ensure the statistics meet the standards of the Code of Practice for Statistics, and responding to users queries and concerns on statistical matters. For more information on OSR’s work during the period of the pandemic, visit our dedicated COVID-19 page.
Our priorities for 2020/21 are to work to make sure that data and statistics are of sufficient quality and value to reliably support public debate and key decision making by a wide range of individuals, organisations, governments departments, and other stakeholder groups.
We will aim to do this through looking at how statistics and data serve as evidence for understanding key life events and personal wellbeing, including issues of loneliness and social isolation. We will continue our assessment of the 2021 Census and our ongoing engagement with producers on developments to migration statistics.
Contact our regulators for this domain Marie McGhee, Effie Roberts and Sarah Kilday for more information.
Planned Work
Project | Geography | Project Type | Timescale |
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Loneliness statistics | UK | Systemic review | Continuing from 2019/20 |
2021 Census (including administrative data sources) (Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) | UK | Assessment | Continuing from 2019/20 |
National Insurance numbers allocated to adult overseas nationals statistics | UK | Compliance Check | TBC |
Correspondence
Ed Humpherson response to Sir Andrew Watson: population projections and mid-year population estimates for Coventry
3 December 2020
Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation to Sir Andrew Watson, CPRE Warwickshire
Sir Andrew Watson to Ed Humpherson and Sir David Norgrove: population projections and mid-year population estimates for Coventry
3 December 2020
Sir Andrew Watson, CPRE Warwickshire to Ed Humpherson, Sir David Norgrove, Office for Statistics Regulation
Ed Humpherson to Steve Ellerd-Elliott: Confirmation of National Statistics Designation for National Insurance Number Allocations to Adult Overseas Nationals Entering the UK Statistics
13 November 2020
Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation to Steve Ellerd-Elliott, Department for Work and Pensions
Paul Lowe response to Ed Humpherson: Guidance on the sex question in the forthcoming Census for Scotland
9 November 2020
Paul Lowe, National Records of Scotland to Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation
Ed Humpherson to Paul Lowe: Guidance on the sex question in the forthcoming Census for Scotland
4 November 2020
Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation to Paul Lowe, National Records of Scotland
Publications
Assessment of 2021 Censuses in the UK – Preliminary findings
4 October 2019
Published in: Assessment Report
Improving Statistics on City Regions – our evaluation of the impacts
10 July 2018
Published in: Systemic/Monitoring Reviews
News & Events
Assessment of 2021 Censuses in the UK
11 September 2020
Data and Statistics on COVID-19 impacts on the Care sector
4 June 2020
COVID-19 surveillance and registered deaths data review
21 April 2020
Statement from the Office for Statistics Regulation – COVID-19 Update
3 April 2020
OSR statement on EU settlement scheme statistics
4 November 2019
OSR Statement on the Trustworthiness, Quality and Value of Long-Term International Migration Estimates
21 August 2019
Quality and Value of International Migration Statistics – Statement from the Office for Statistics Regulation
31 July 2019