This page is available in Welsh (Cymraeg). Dear Mr Drakeford, Recommendation on the Future of Population and Migration Statistics As you will know, the 2018 White Paper ‘Help Shape Our Future’ included the commitment to present a recommendation to Government on the future of population and migration statistics. This would respond to the Government ambition, […]
Mae’r dudalen hon hefyd ar gael yn Saesneg (English). Annwyl Mr Drakeford, Argymhelliad mewn perthynas â Dyfodol Ystadegau am y Boblogaeth a Mudo Fel y gwyddoch, roedd Papur Gwyn 2018, ‘Helpu i Lunio Ein Dyfodol’, yn cynnwys yr ymrwymiad i gyflwyno argymhelliad i’r Llywodraeth ar ddyfodol ystadegau am y boblogaeth a mudo. Byddai hyn yn […]
Dear Minister, I am pleased to write to you commending the Office for Statistics Regulation’s report that was published today. 2022 update: lessons learned for health and social care statistics from the COVID-19 pandemic is an insightful analysis of the last year of the pandemic. In its 2021 report, the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) […]
Dear Minister, Today, the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) has published its review; Improving health and social care statistics: lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic resulted in a huge public appetite for data and statistics. We have seen a remarkable response from producers of data and analysis to meet this demand, in many […]
Dear Ms Williams, Thank you for your update on the meeting between the Welsh Government’s Chief Statistician and NASUWT officials. Comparisons of school expenditure between England and Wales are complicated. That makes it the more important that, as with all figures used within public debate, the figures should be transparent and the sources verifiable. Following […]
Dear Ms Williams, Thank you for your letter of 6 December about comparisons by the Welsh Conservatives of school funding in England and Wales. I am pleased to hear that your officials are in discussions with NASUWT, the source of the estimates in question. The different funding arrangements in the two countries mean there is […]
Dear Sir David I am writing to you concerning the continued use of outdated and misleading statistics by the Welsh Conservatives concerning expenditure on schools in Wales and a perceived gap in school funding between England and Wales. This includes occasional references to the last official statistics produced on this matter, dated back to 2010-11 […]
Dear Ms Pow, Ms Hyslop and Lord Elis-Thomas, Thank you for your letter of 13 August in which you highlight concerns about the quality of estimates from the International Passenger Survey for inbound visitors. You pointed to the importance of these estimates in enabling you to monitor and evaluate existing policy and develop new strategies. […]