News – Office for Statistics Regulation

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OSR calls for strong leadership, transparency, and investment in health and social care statistics after pandemic
7 October 2021 — Announcement
The Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) has today published its report: Improving health and social care statistics: lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the need for…
Meet the UK statistics watchdog: Wednesday 13 October
6 October 2021 — Event
Join the Office for Statistics Regulation on Wednesday 13 October at 5.30pm when we’ll be hosting an online public event to talk about our work during the pandemic and ask…
UKSA reports three times the volume of casework amidst COVID-19 pandemic
30 September 2021 — Press release
The UK Statistics Authority has today published its Annual Review of Casework report for 2020/21. As the UK Statistics Authority’s regulatory arm, the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) investigates all…
OSR supports findings of Inclusive Data Taskforce
28 September 2021 — Statement
Statistics published by public sector bodies should be produced in a trustworthy way, be of high quality, and provide value by answering people’s questions: providing accountability, helping people make choices…
OSR asks DHSC to work with other departments to answer questions on Test and Trace
4 August 2021 — Press release
Today, the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) has written to the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) following a review of its NHS Test and Trace (England) statistics and NHS COVID-19 app statistics. Statistics…
Winners announced for the Statistical Excellence in Trustworthiness, Quality and Value Award 2021
15 July 2021 — Announcement
Today, we are proud to announce the winners of the second Award for Statistical Excellence in Trustworthiness, Quality and Value, awarded in partnership with the Royal Statistical Society (RSS) and Civil Service World. This award…
OSR publishes its State of the Statistics System report
14 July 2021 — Announcement
The Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) has today published a review of the state of the UK’s statistical system 2020/21. Over the past year, the COVID-19 pandemic has tested…
OSR statement on data transparency and the role of Heads of Profession for Statistics
13 July 2021 — Statement
The Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) recognises the extraordinary efforts that statisticians have made over the past year to get relevant and timely data into the public domain and the…
What is the Code of Practice for Statistics?
28 June 2021 —
What is the Code of Practice for Statistics? How is it used? Why is it needed? This summer, we will be taking a closer look at the Code and explaining…
OSR publishes its review of income-based poverty statistics
19 May 2021 —
The Office for Statistics Regulation has today published a review of income-based poverty statistics. The concept of poverty means different things to different people, which makes it difficult to define and…
OSR publishes its review of population estimates and projections produced by the Office for National Statistics
10 May 2021 —
The Office for Statistics Regulation has today published a review of the population estimates and projections produced by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Our review focuses on the population…
OSR publishes review endorsing a reproducible approach to government statistics
23 March 2021 — Announcement
The Office for Statistics Regulation has today published a review on Reproducible Analytical Pipelines (RAP). RAP is a reproducible way of producing official statistics. It involves using code to automate…
OSR welcomes changes to pre-release access in Scotland
5 March 2021 — Statement
Yesterday, the Scottish Parliament passed legislation that change pre-release access arrangements to official statistics produced by the Scottish Government. The Office for Statistics Regulation’s Director General previously set out the…
OSR and RSS launch Code of Practice award for 2021
3 March 2021 — Announcement
We are now accepting entries for our 2021 Award for Statistical Excellence in Trustworthiness, Quality and Value, awarded in partnership with the Royal Statistical Society (RSS) and Civil Service World. Previously…
OSR publishes its review of the approach to developing statistical models to award 2020 exam results
2 March 2021 — Announcement
The Office for Statistics Regulation has today published a review of the approach to developing statistical models to award 2020 exam results. As the regulator of official statistics in the…
OSR publish draft guidance on collecting and reporting data about sex
25 February 2021 — Statement
The Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) has today published draft guidance on collecting and reporting data about sex. This guidance sets out our expectations on producers with respect to using…
Statement: OSR calls for further progress on vaccination data in response to PACAC inquiry
10 February 2021 — Statement
Yesterday Sir David Norgrove, Chair of the UK Statistics Authority wrote to the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee (PACAC) in response to its request for evidence for its Data…
OSR statement on the impact of COVID-19 on the Labour Force Survey
5 February 2021 — Statement
We continue to be impressed by the pace at which organisations have adapted their data collection and dissemination processes to provide necessary information on how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting…
Office for Statistics Regulation highlights widespread and critical need for excellence in statistical leadership
3 February 2021 —
Today, the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) has published its review on Statistical Leadership, it highlights the importance of Governments across the UK showing leadership in use of numbers and…
UK Data on Hospital Capacity and Occupancy
17 December 2020 — Statement
In many cases, data on hospital capacity and occupancy are not easy to find or interpret. To help users, we’ve examined a range of outputs to see if we can answer some straightforward questions that we have been…
OSR publishes its review: The public good of statistics; what we know so far
9 December 2020 — Announcement
Today we have published our review ‘The public good of statistics; what we know so far’. This review has been published as part of our Research Programme launched in 2019,…
OSR launches its review of poverty statistics
20 November 2020 — Announcement
Following on from our blog published earlier this year on the trouble with measuring poverty, we are beginning our review on income-based poverty statistics in the UK. We’ve been working…
The Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) Publishes its Reviews of UK Benefit Statistics
18 November 2020 — Announcement
OSR has today published a package of reviews concerning UK benefit statistics. This includes a full assessment of Department for Work and Pensions’ (DWP) benefit statistics for Great Britain and a…
OSR Statement regarding transparency of data related to COVID-19
5 November 2020 — Statement
The UK Statistics Authority’s vision is simple: Statistics should serve the public good. By championing high standards, we seek to uphold public confidence in statistics that serve the public good.…
Are statistics serving the Public Good? Our Research Programme is going to help us find out
4 November 2020 — Announcement
Since the launch of our research programme, we have been finding out exactly what problems currently exist around understanding the public good of statistics, such as: difficulties defining and measuring…
Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) reflects on record volumes of casework
29 October 2020 —
The UK Statistics Authority has today published its Annual Review of Casework. Making public statements about the dissemination and use of statistics has been an important part of the Authority’s work…
The Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) Suggests a Range of Improvements Following the Assessment of ONS’s Business Demography Statistics
28 October 2020 —
OSR has today published a full assessment of ONS’s business demography statistics. This report suggests that a range of improvements is needed for these statistics to fully meet National Statistics…
First Award Winners Announced for the Voluntary Application of the Code Award 2020
20 October 2020 — Announcement
Today, we are proud to announce the winners of the first ever Voluntary Application of the Code Award. This new and prestigious Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) award is given…
Assessment of 2021 Censuses in the UK
11 September 2020 —
The Census is one of the most important sources of official statistics, informing decisions about almost every aspect of life within the UK. The three Census offices – the Office…
OSR review of approach to developing statistical models designed for awarding 2020 exam results
18 August 2020 — Statement
The Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) will conduct a review of the approach taken to developing statistical models designed for awarding 2020 exam results. Our review will consider the extent…
Statement from the Office for Statistics Regulation on Grade adjustment in UK exams in 2020
12 August 2020 — Statement
Due to COVID-19, exams in schools, colleges and other settings across the UK have been cancelled. This year, grades awarded are based on teacher estimated grades submitted via the awarding…
Measurement of deaths related to COVID-19
5 August 2020 — Statement
There are multiple sources of information on deaths related to COVID-19 in the public domain. There are valid reasons for this range of figures which reflect the variety of uses…
Scottish Government use of COVID-19 prevalence rates
22 July 2020 — Statement
Concerns have been raised with us about Scottish Government’s quantified comparisons of the prevalence of COVID-19 in Scotland and England. The data sources used by Scottish Government in making these…
Our Review of NHS Test and Trace statistics in England
15 July 2020 — Statement
Today we have published our Rapid Review of NHS Test and Trace statistics (England). The pace at which the NHS Test and Trace Programme has been developed has been unprecedented.…
COVID-19 Local Area Data
1 July 2020 — Statement
Following announcement of the first local area lockdown – where it has been widely quoted that Leicester accounted for 10 per cent of all positive cases in the country over…
Data and Statistics on COVID-19 impacts on the Care sector
4 June 2020 — Statement
The impact of COVID-19 on those in care settings – care home residents and recipients of domiciliary care – has received significant media attention. There is high demand for trustworthy,…
COVID-19: Production and use of management information by government and other official bodies
18 May 2020 — Statement
This guidance note summarises our position and expectations on the use of management information by government and other official bodies During times of rapid change there is an increased need…
COVID-19 surveillance and registered deaths data review
21 April 2020 — Announcement, Statement
Information available on COVID-19 cases and deaths has been developed rapidly in a constantly shifting environment. The work being done by analysts to get this information into the public domain…
Statement from the Office for Statistics Regulation – COVID-19 Update
3 April 2020 — Announcement, Statement
We welcome the work of analysts across a range of organisations in providing the public with information related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The pace at which these organisations have set…
The Office for Statistics Regulation encourages ONS to enhance employment and jobs statistics
26 March 2020 — Press release
Today, the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) has published its National Statistics assessment report on the employment and jobs statistics produced by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The report…
COVID-19 and the regulation of statistics
20 March 2020 — Announcement, Press release, Statement
Today, The Director General for Statistics Regulation has made the following statement: “This is a very difficult time for everyone as the UK adjusts to rapid changes in society and…
The Office for Statistics Regulation calls for better adult social care data for England to understand the experience of individuals getting social care
16 January 2020 — Press release
Today, the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) has published its findings from an in-depth review of Adult Social Care statistics in England. The need for good data to support delivery…
New ‘Voluntary Application Award’ to be Celebrated at the RSS Statistical Excellence Awards 2020
14 January 2020 — Press release
New 'Voluntary Application Award' for the RSS Statistical Excellence Awards 2020.
The Office for Statistics Regulation calls for action to improve official rail passenger satisfaction measure
8 January 2020 — Press release
OSR statement on the assessment of the National Rail Passenger Survey, 8 January 2019.
Civil Service World podcast – ‘Can we trust statistics?’
19 December 2019 —
Ed Humpherson, Director General for Regulation at Office for Statistics Regulation, talks with President of the Royal Statistical Society, Deborah Ashby, and philosopher Baroness Onora O'Neill about how we can…
OSR statement on EU settlement scheme statistics
4 November 2019 — Statement
OSR statement on Home Office statistics on the EU settlement scheme.
OSR statement on school funding announcements
15 October 2019 — Statement
It is vital that data and information on school funding published by the Department for Education are presented clearly and not open to misinterpretation. In light of enquiries we have…
The Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) takes further steps to bolster the value of public finance statistics for the UK’s countries and regions
30 September 2019 — Press release
Today Ed Humpherson, Director General for Regulation at the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) has recommended that the Chief Statisticians in the UK’s devolved countries, together with the Office for…
OSR statement on fraud statistics
20 September 2019 — Statement
OSR statement on fraud statistics, 20 September 2019
OSR Statement on the Trustworthiness, Quality and Value of Long-Term International Migration Estimates
21 August 2019 — Statement
Today, Ed Humpherson, Director General for Regulation, confirmed that the UK Statistics Authority has concluded that the Migration Statistics Quarterly Report (MSQR) should not be designated National Statistics. Ed Humpherson…
Quality and Value of International Migration Statistics – Statement from the Office for Statistics Regulation
31 July 2019 — Statement
A statement from the Office for Statistics Regulation on the quality and value of ONS migration statistics.
OSR publishes Post-16 Education and Skills Report
9 April 2019 — Press release
Today, the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) has published its report on the value of data and statistics in relation to post-16 education and skills in England. The focus of…
Celebrating one year since the refresh of the Code of Practice for Statistics
22 February 2019 — Announcement
This time last year, the UK Statistics Authority launched the refreshed Code of Practice for Statistics. The refreshed Code has supported and developed thinking on statistics as a public asset based on three pillars…
The Social Metrics Commission Voluntarily Adopts the Code of Practice for Statistics
15 February 2019 — Announcement
The Office for Statistics Regulation is pleased to announce that the Social Metrics Commission has become one of the latest organisations to publish a statement of voluntary compliance with the…