Lords Economic Affairs Committee

  1. Office for National Statistics response to the Lords Economic Affairs Committee’s report on economics of higher, further and technical education

    Sent from: Office for National Statistics

    Sent to: House of Lords

    Dear Lord Forsyth, Further to the National Statistician’s comments to the Committee on 17 July, I am writing to offer the Office for National Statistics (ONS) response to the Economic Affairs Committee report on Treating Students Fairly: The Economics of Post-School Education. The Committee made one recommendation relating to ONS: “Most student loans will not […]

  2. Office for National Statistics oral evidence to the Lords Economic Affairs Committee’s inquiry on the use of RPI

    Sent from: Office for National Statistics

    Sent to: House of Lords

    On 17 July 2018, John Pullinger CB, UK National Statistician, Head of the Government Statistical Service and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, gave evidence to the Economic Affairs Committee’s inquiry on the use of RPI. A transcript of which has been published on the UK Parliament’s website. Related Links: UKSA oral evidence – (2018) […]

  3. UK Statistics Authority follow-up written evidence to the Lords Economic Affairs Committee’s inquiry on the use of RPI

    Sent from: UK Statistics Authority

    Sent to: House of Lords

    Dear Lord Forsyth, I am writing with additional information the Committee requested when we gave evidence on 12 June. These are attached at Annex A. I would also like to take this opportunity to reaffirm the position of the UK Statistics Authority that the Retail Prices Index (RPI) is not a good measure of inflation, […]

  4. UK Statistics Authority oral evidence to the Lords Economic Affairs Committee’s inquiry on the use of RPI

    Sent from: Office for National Statistics

    Sent to: Lords' Economic Affairs Committee

    On 12 June 2018 Sir David Norgrove and Jonathan Athow, Deputy National Statistician and Director General for Population & Public Policy, gave evidence to the Lords Economic Affairs Committee’s call for evidence for its inquiry on the use of RPI. A transcript of which has been published on the UK Parliament’s website. Related Links:

  5. Office for National Statistics response to the Lords Economic Affairs Committee’s report on the economics of higher, further and technical education

    Sent from: Office for National Statistics

    Sent to: House of Lords

    Dear Lord Forsyth, I am writing in response to your call for evidence for the economics of higher, future and technical education inquiry. In particular, we understand your Committee are interested in how student loan transactions impact fiscal aggregates, such as Public Sector Net Borrowing (PSNB) and Public Sector Net Debt (PSND). In addition, information […]