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OSR publishes new regulatory guidance as part of its transparency campaign
2 February 2022 — Press release
The Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) has today published new regulatory guidance on the transparent release and use of statistics and data. The guidance is informed by the principles set…
OSR welcomes ONS blog on COVID-19 deaths: to say only 17,000 people have died from COVID-19 is highly misleading
26 January 2022 — Statement
There has been considerable coverage of a Freedom of Information response published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). It shows death registrations for 2020 and 2021 (provisional) that were due to COVID-19 and were recorded…
OSR welcomes Royal Society’s Online Information Environment report
19 January 2022 — Press release
This week the Royal Society published The Online Information Environment: Understanding how the internet shapes people’s engagement with scientific information. It is also highly relevant to our work at the…
OSR Publishes Assessment Reports for 2021 Censuses
17 November 2021 — Press release
Today, the Office for Statistics Regulation has published phase 2 assessment reports for the 2021 Census in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. These reports draw on our previous preliminary findings…
OSR publishes its review of climate change statistics
27 October 2021 — Announcement
Climate change is widely seen as the most important challenge facing the world. Ahead of COP26 the Office for Statistics Regulation has published a review of the accessibility and coherence…
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…