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Efficiency in Action: Improving Productivity in Public Services
In our latest blog, Head of OSR Ed Humpherson discusses measuring public services productivity in a more sophisticated way.
Quality under challenge: Regulating statistics and data from the Labour Force Survey
In this blog, Head of Assessment, Siobhan, discusses the challenges of regulating statistics and data from the Labour Force Survey
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View all correspondence posts about Work and WelfareSteve Ellerd-Elliott to Ed Humpherson: family resources survey statistics
Dear Ed, Family Resources Survey transformation I am writing to update you on the Family Resources Survey (FRS) transformation and the forthcoming FRS-based poverty and income statistics due for publication on 26 March 2026. I also note the letters from the Chief Statisticians in…
Ed Humpherson to Steve Ellerd-Elliott: family resources survey statistics
Dear Steve Family resources survey transformation and poverty and income statistics Thank you for your detailed letter updating the progress of the Family Resources Survey (FRS) transformation programme and the forthcoming FRS-based poverty and income statistical releases due for publication on 26 March…
Ed Humpherson to Stephanie Howarth: suspension of accredited official statistics
Dear Stephanie, Thank you for your letter of 9th March outlining the context around the methodological developments to the Family Resources Survey (FRS) and their implications for your forthcoming report on Relative Income Poverty for Wales. Given the scale and…
Stephanie Howarth to Ed Humpherson: suspension of accredited official statistics
Dear Ed, I am writing to request the reclassification from Accredited Official Statistics to Official Statistics in Development of the Welsh Government Relative income poverty report due for release 26 March 2026. The data that underpin this output is derived from the Family Resources Survey (FRS), carried out…