After the event

Insights from this Assembly will be drawn together in a published report by the Chair of the National Statistician’s Expert User Advisory Committee and submitted to the UK Statistics Authority Board. It will summarise user priorities and data gaps discussed at the event and recommend how system priorities could be influenced by these. 

The report and insights will inform delivery planning for the ONS and other official statistical producers in government departments and public bodies, as well as the Authority’s next five-year strategy. Any proposals will need to be considered in the context of constraints to statistics producers’ budgets and the wider public finances. It may also identify fresh opportunities for non-official statistics to be used to complement official ones for the public good.

Insights will also be used by the Office for Statistics Regulation to inform changes to the Code of Practice for Statistics. 

To evaluate the effectiveness of the event and wider Assembly process, participant feedback will be gathered anecdotally throughout the day, and a short survey will be emailed to participants after the event.  Evaluation measures will include whether participants felt able to contribute their views.  

The feedback will also inform the design of future Assembly events and engagement activity. Feedback can also be emailed to assembly@statistics.gov.uk.