Programme of Assessment
The Statistics Authority has a statutory responsibility to prepare and publish a programme for the assessment of statistics. The attached programme covers the sets of statistics to be assessed in 2013.
Part A indicates those sets of statistics that we plan to re-assess during 2013, the statistics already having been assessed in the first cycle of assessment. Over the coming weeks, we will work with statistical producer bodies to agree the scope and timing of the individual assessments, and expect to publish an updated programme once timings have been determined. We have given an indication of which producer bodies’ statistics we expect to be in scope of each assessment, but it is possible that the scope could be extended to a wider set of bodies, or narrowed. In determining scope, we will also look to include any related official statistics published by the relevant producer bodies, for the sake of completeness and efficiency.
Part B lists some sets of statistics that we will assess for the first time. These are a mix of assessments that have been (or we expect to be) requested by producer bodies, and some residues from the first cycle of assessment. The Statistics Authority is currently considering which other sets of undesignated official statistics it might consider be put forward for assessment during 2013, and expects to add to this programme in due course.
The Authority will keep the programme under review. We will formally publish any material revisions as appropriate.
(A) Provisional programme of re-assessments
A.1 Services Producer Prices (Office for National Statistics)
A.2 Labour Market Statistics (Office for National Statistics)
A.3 Crime Statistics (now Office for National Statistics, previously Home Office)
A.4 Road Casualty Statistics (Department for Transport)
A.5 Migration Statistics (Office for National Statistics; Department for Work and Pensions; and Home Office)
A.6 Short term Economic Indicators (Office for National Statistics)
A.7 Annual and Quarterly National Accounts (Office for National Statistics)
A.8 Population Statistics for the Regions and Nations of the UK (Office for National Statistics; Welsh Government; National Records of Scotland; and Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency)
A.9 Public Sector Finances (Office for National Statistics; HM Treasury and producer bodies in the Devolved Administrations)
A.10 Statistics about the Higher and Further Education Sectors (Department for Business, Innovation and Skills; Higher Education Statistics Agency; Student Loans Company; Welsh Government; Scottish Government; and Department for Employment and Learning, Northern Ireland)
A.11 Poverty, Benefits and Welfare Statistics (Office for National Statistics; Department for Work and Pensions; HM Revenue & Customs; and producer bodies in the Devolved Administrations)
A.12 Children's Care Statistics (Department for Education; Welsh Government; Scottish Government; and Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, Northern Ireland)
A.13 Patient Experience Statistics (Department of Health; Care Quality Commission; Welsh Government; Scottish Government; and Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, Northern Ireland)
A.14 Scottish Schools Statistics (Scottish Government)
A.15 Agriculture Statistics (Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
A.16 Energy and Climate Change Statistics (Department of Energy & Climate Change)
A.17 Health and Safety Executive Statistics (Health and Safety Executive)
A.18 International Development Statistics (Department for International Development)
(B) Provisional programme of new assessments
B.1 Consumer Price Index including Owner-Occupiers’ Housing Costs (Office for National Statistics)
B.2 Alcohol and Late Night Refreshment Licensing Statistics (Home Office)
B.3 Entertainment Licensing Statistics (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
B.4 House Price Index (Office for National Statistics)
B.5 Northern Ireland Environment Statistics (Department of the Environment, Northern Ireland)
B.6 Valuation Office Agency Statistics (Valuation Office Agency)
B.7 National Well-being Indicators (Office for National Statistics)
B.8 Life Opportunities Survey Statistics (Department for Work and Pensions)
B.9 Work Programme statistics (Department for Work and Pensions)
B.10 Scottish Quarterly National Accounts (Scottish Government)
