Transport, Environment and Climate Change
Our Transport, Environment and Climate Change (TECC) domain covers statistics on transport and transport infrastructure; food and farming; the natural environment; energy sources, production, consumption and prices; fuel poverty; and climate change.
Data and statistics on these topics continue to be so important in developing and evaluating policy decisions and informing citizens, researchers, and decision makers on key areas affecting the UK today.
In previous years, we completed regulatory reviews of some key biodiversity indicators including our assessment of Defra’sButterfly statistics and our compliance check of Defra’s Wild bird statistics. We have also reviewed the Department for Transport’s Report road casualties statistics and intervened on issues raised with us including on Improving transparency of Welsh Governments’ 20-mph speed limit data.
We continue to seek improvements to the trustworthiness, quality and value of TECC statistics through both our formal regulatory work and our ongoing engagement with producers of TECC statistics from across the UK.
Our future priorities are informed by the users of statistics. If you would like to share your views about data and statistics on transport, environment or climate change, we would be very happy to hear from you.
Contact our regulators for this domain via regulation@statistics.gov.uk
Planned Work
| Project | Geography | Project Type | Timescale |
|---|---|---|---|
| Travel Survey for Northern Ireland (Department for Infrastructure NI, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) | Northern Ireland | Compliance Check / Rapid Review | Not yet started |
| Butterflies Statistics including Review of Developments to Biodiversity Indicators (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) | United Kingdom, England | Compliance Check / Rapid Review / Assessment | Follow up from 2023/24 |
Published Correspondence – Transport, Environment and Climate Change domain
Publications – Transport, Environment and Climate Change domain
Correspondence
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Ed Humpherson to Regina McGeown: Request for assessment of Northern Ireland Public Transport Statistics and Road Network and Condition Statistics
16 December 2024
Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation to Regina McGeown, Department for Infrastructure (Northern Ireland)
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Regina McGeown to Ed Humpherson: Requesting an independent review for accreditation of Northern Ireland public transport statistics and road network and condition statistics
11 December 2024
Regina McGeown, Department for Infrastructure (Northern Ireland) to Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation
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Ed Humpherson to Rebekah Paul: Temporary suspension of accredited official statistics status of Sea Fisheries Statistics
29 November 2024
Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation to Rebekah Paul, Marine Management Organisation
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Rebekah Paul to Ed Humpherson: Temporary suspension of accredited official statistics status of Sea Fisheries Statistics
28 November 2024
Rebekah Paul, Marine Management Organisation
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Ed Humpherson to Ian Lonsdale: Alternative Release Time for the UK Food Security Report
22 October 2024
Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation to Ian Lonsdale, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Publications
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Election 2024: What to look out for
7 June 2024
Published in: Guidance
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Assessment of compliance with the Code of Practice for Statistics: Statistics about butterflies, England and UK
29 August 2023
Published in: Assessment Report
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Assessment of compliance with the Code of Practice for Statistics: Statistics from the People and Nature Survey for England
10 January 2023
Published in: Assessment Report
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Review of Transport Accessibility Statistics
10 February 2022
Published in: Systemic Reviews
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Accessibility and coherence of UK climate change statistics
27 October 2021
Published in: Systemic Reviews
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Assessment Report: Estimates of Station Usage (produced by the Office of Rail and Road)
3 November 2020
Published in: Assessment Report
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User engagement in the Defra Group
18 June 2020
Published in: Systemic Reviews
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Changes to statistical outputs including National Statistics during the coronavirus outbreak
31 March 2020
Published in: Reviews
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Assessment Report: National Rail Passenger Survey
8 January 2020
Published in: Assessment Report
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Statistics on air quality and emissions of air pollutants
30 July 2019
Published in: Assessment Report
News & Events
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Improving transparency of Welsh Government’s 20-mph speed limit data
23 November 2023
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OSR publishes its review of climate change statistics
27 October 2021