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National and official statistics

How government departments and their agencies produce and use statistical information, including technical guidance for regular statistics users.

  1. Archive records

    Archive records managed by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's Archive Management Team.

  2. CASE programme

    CASE is a joint programme of strategic research led by DCMS in collaboration with Arts Council England, English Heritage and Sport England.

  3. CASE programme local tools: Sport and Culture and Heritage

    These tools provide data to help local authorities' planning

  4. Data Strategy Board

    The Data Strategy Board (DSB) works to raise UK economic competitiveness and improve public services through greater access to public data.

  5. Definitions of general housing terms

    Definitions for local authorities compiling data.

  6. Dwelling stock data: notes and definitions (includes HFR full guidance notes and returns form)

    Guidance for local authorities compiling quarterly information on dwelling stock data (including vacants and net supply of housing), including the Housing Flows Reconciliation (HFR) forms and guidance.

  7. English housing survey: guidance for survey users and participating households

    Technical guidance for users of the English housing survey, and for households taking part in the survey.

  8. Health statistics notes and guidance: patient experience

    This section provides technical information, notes and guidance relating to the patient experience overall measure.

  9. Homelessness data: notes and definitions

    Information and guidance for local authorities compiling the P1E quarterly data returns on homelessness.

  10. House building data: notes and definitions (includes P2 full guidance notes and returns form)

    Guidance for local authorities compiling quarterly information about new permanent dwellings, which is used for Housebuilding Quarterly returns.

  11. Household projections: notes and definitions for data analysts

    Methodology for calculating long-term household projections, with notes and definitions for household estimates and analysis of data quality.

  12. Housing finance and household expenditure: notes and definitions

    Information on how statistics on housing finance and household expenditure are compiled.

  13. Housing market and house price information: notes and definitions

    Information for local authorities and data analysts, including methodology, the Communities and Local Government House Price Index, the Regulated Mortgage Survey

  14. How national and official statistics are assured

    Understand the legislation that underpins and governs the publication of government statistics and the role played in that system by the UK Statistics Authority and its code of practice.

  15. Local government finance: capital forms

    Capital forms to be completed by local authorities, along with accompanying guidance notes.

  16. Local government finance: miscellaneous forms

    Council tax, non-domestic rates and other miscellaneous forms to be completed by local authorities, along with accompanying guidance notes.

  17. Local government finance: revenue forms

    Revenue forms to be completed by local authorities, along with accompanying guidance notes.

  18. Public Data Group

    The Public Data Group (PDG) works with the Data Strategy Board (DSB) to make access to public data easier and simpler.

  19. Public bodies reform

    Steps being taken to reform public bodies, guidance for departments and where to find reports on public bodies and executive agencies.

  20. Rents, lettings and tenancies data: notes and definitions for local authorities and data analysts

    How statistics on rents, lettings and tenancies are compiled, including information about what is shown by each table and discontinued tables.

  21. Research and statistics guidance

    The approach taken by DCMS when preparing and publishing statistics, including for tourism.

  22. Statement of administrative sources for official statistics published by the Department for Transport

    Setting out the Department for Transport’s approach to the use of administrative sources for statistical purposes.

  23. Survey compliance costs for the Department for Transport

    The cost of complying with DfT Surveys

  24. Taking Part: information for survey participants

    What you need to know about being part of the Taking Part survey.

  25. Technical guidance for Transport statistics, part 1

    This is a collection of notes and guidance, technical and background information and pre-release access lists for Department of Transport statistics.

  26. Technical guidance for transport statistics, part 2

    This is a collection of notes and guidance, technical and background information and pre-release access lists for Department of Transport statistics.

  27. Transfer of 1981 and 1982 FCO files to The National Archives

    The Foreign and Commonwealth Office is required under the Public Records Act to transfer files selected for permanent preservation to The National Archives (TNA) at the 30-year mark.

  28. Transport Statistics notes and guidance: Aviation

    This section provides technical information, notes and guidance and pre-release access relating to Aviation statistics Technical information…

  29. Transport Statistics notes and guidance: Biofuels

    This section provides technical information relating to Biofuels statistics

  30. Transport Statistics notes and guidance: Buses

    This section provides technical information, notes and guidance and pre-release access relating to bus statistics Technical information Most…

  31. Transport Statistics notes and guidance: Disabled parking badges

    This section provides technical information, notes and guidance and pre-release access relating to disabled parking badges statistics Technical…

  32. Transport Statistics notes and guidance: Domestic waterborne freight

    This section provides technical information relating to domestic waterborne freight statistics.

  33. Transport Statistics notes and guidance: Driving tests and instructors

    This section provides technical information, notes and guidance and pre-release access relating to driver and rider testing and instructor statistics.

  34. Transport Statistics notes and guidance: Free flow speeds

    This section provides technical information, notes and guidance and pre-release access relating to Free flow speeds.

  35. Transport Statistics notes and guidance: Light rail and tram

    This section provides technical information, notes and guidance and pre-release access relating to Light rail and tram statistics Technical…

  36. Transport Statistics notes and guidance: National Travel Survey

    This section provides technical information, notes and guidance and pre-release access relating to the National Travel Survey Technical information…

  37. Transport Statistics notes and guidance: Ports

    This section provides technical information relating to Ports statistics.

  38. Transport Statistics notes and guidance: Public attitudes to transport

    This section provides technical information relating to Public attitudes to transport statistics

  39. Transport Statistics notes and guidance: Rail Statistics

    This section provides technical information relating to Rail statistics

  40. Transport Statistics notes and guidance: Road accident and safety

    This section provides technical information, notes and guidance and pre-release access relating to road accident and safety statistics Technical…

  41. Transport Statistics notes and guidance: Road conditions

    This section provides technical information relating to road condition statistics.

  42. Transport Statistics notes and guidance: Road congestion and reliability

    This section provides technical information, notes and guidance and pre-release access relating to Road congestion and reliability statistics.

  43. Transport Statistics notes and guidance: Road freight

    This section provides technical information, notes and guidance and pre-release access relating to road freight statistics Technical information…

  44. Transport Statistics notes and guidance: Road lengths

    This section provides technical information relating to Road length statistics.

  45. Transport Statistics notes and guidance: Road traffic

    This section provides technical information, notes and guidance and pre-release access relating to Road Traffic statistics Technical information…

  46. Transport Statistics notes and guidance: Roll-on roll-off international freight

    This section provides technical information relating to Roll-on roll-off international freight statistics.

  47. Transport Statistics notes and guidance: Sea passengers

    This section provides technical information relating to Sea passenger statistics.

  48. Transport Statistics notes and guidance: Seafarers

    This section provides technical information relating to Seafarers.

  49. Transport Statistics notes and guidance: Shipping fleet

    This section provides technical information relating to Shipping fleet statistics.

  50. Transport Statistics notes and guidance: Taxis

    This section provides technical information, notes and guidance and pre-release access relating to Taxi statistics Technical information …

  51. Transport Statistics notes and guidance: Transport accessibility

    This section provides technical information, notes and guidance and pre-release access relating to accessibility statistics Technical information…

  52. Transport Statistics notes and guidance: Transport energy and environment

    Transport Energy and Environment Statistics notes and guidance This section provides technical information, notes and guidance and pre-release…

  53. Transport Statistics notes and guidance: Vehicle MOT testing

    This section provides technical information, notes and guidance and pre-release access relating to Vehicle MOT testing statistics Technical…

  54. Transport Statistics notes and guidance: Vehicle excise duty evasion

    This section provides technical information, notes and guidance and pre-release access relating to vehicle excise duty evasion statistics Technical…

  55. Transport Statistics notes and guidance: Walking and cycling

    This section provides technical information, notes and guidance and pre-release access relating to Walking and cycling statistics Technical…

  56. Transport statistics notes and guidance: Transport statistics Great Britain

    This section provides technical information, notes and guidance and pre-release access relating to Transport statistics in Great Britain.

  57. Transport statistics notes and guidance: Vehicle licensing

    This section provides technical information, notes and guidance and pre-release access relating to vehicle licensing statistics Technical information…