House of Commons

  1. Office for National Statistics response to the Public Accounts Committee’s report on the effectiveness of Official Development Assistance expenditure

    Sent from: Office for National Statistics

    Sent to: Public Accounts Committee

    Dear Ms Hillier, I write to offer the Office for National Statistics (ONS) response to the Public Accounts Committee’s report on ‘The effectiveness of Official Development Assistance expenditure’. The Committee made one recommendation to the ONS: “All ODA spending departments should report back to us in 6 months’ time on the extent to which they […]

  2. Office for National Statistics written evidence to the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee’s inquiry on post-pandemic economic growth: levelling up local and regional structures and the delivery of economic growth

    Sent from: Office for National Statistics

    Sent to: Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee

    Dear Mr Jones, I write in response to the Committee’s call for evidence for its inquiry on Post-pandemic economic growth: Levelling up – local and regional structures and the delivery of economic growth. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is the principal producer of regional economic statistics in the UK and it is our responsibility, […]

  3. Office for National Statistics and Office for Statistics Regulation oral evidence to the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee’s inquiry on data transparency and accountability: COVID-19

    Sent from: Office for National Statistics and Office for Statistics Regulation

    Sent to: Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Select Committee

    On 22 September 2020 Professor Sir Ian Diamond, National Statistician and Ed Humpherson, Director General for Regulation, gave evidence to the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee’s inquiry on data transparency and accountability: COVID-19. A transcript of which has been published on the UK Parliament Website.

  4. Office for Statistics Regulation written evidence to the Public Accounts Committee’s inquiry into Digital Transformation in the NHS

    Sent from: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Sent to: Public Accounts Committee

    Dear Meg, I write in response to the Public Accounts Committee’s call for evidence for the inquiry considering Digital Transformation in the NHS. The Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) is the independent regulatory arm of the UK Statistics Authority. We provide independent regulation of all official statistics produced in the UK, including those in Devolved […]

  5. Office for National Statistics written evidence to the Work and Pensions Committee’s inquiry on preparations for changes in the world of work

    Sent from: Office for National Statistics

    Sent to: Work and Pensions Committee

    Dear Mr Timms, I write in response to the Work and Pensions Committee’s call for evidence for its inquiry on the Department for Work and Pensions’ preparations for changes in the world of work. As the Committee will be aware, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) is the UK’s National Statistical Institute, and largest producer […]

  6. UK Statistics Authority correspondence to the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee on the Authority’s new strategy

    Sent from: UK Statistics Authority

    Sent to: Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Select Committee

    Dear William, Thank you so much for your help with the launch of our new strategy ‘Statistics for the Public Good’. I wanted to now write to your formally to let you and your Committee know that we have published it today. Statistics and data have never been as necessary for the public good as […]

  7. Office for National Statistics correspondence to the Education Committee regarding the impact of COVID-19 and school closures on children and young people

    Sent from: Office for National Statistics

    Sent to: Education Committee

    Letter from Professor Sir Ian Diamond to Robert Halfon MP Dear Mr Halfon, Thank you for your letter of 16 June regarding statistical analysis looking at the impact of COVID-19 and school closures on children and young people and bringing to my attention the report produced by Statistics Norway: ‘Cost of school closures in the […]

  8. Office for Statistics Regulation written evidence to the Health and Social Care Committee’s inquiry on Social Care: Funding and Workforce

    Sent from: Office for Statistics Regulation

    Sent to: Health and Social Care Committee

    Dear Mr Hunt, I write in response to the Health and Social Care Committee’s call for evidence for the inquiry considering Social Care: Funding and Workforce. The Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) is the independent regulatory arm of the UK Statistics Authority. We provide independent regulation of all official statistics produced in the UK, including […]

  9. Office for National Statistics written evidence to the International Trade Committee’s inquiry on the coronavirus pandemic and international trade

    Sent from: Office for National Statistics

    Sent to: International Trade Committee

    Dear Chair, I write in response to the International Trade Committee’s call for evidence for its inquiry on the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and international trade. As the Committee will be aware, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) is the UK’s National Statistical Institute, and largest producer of official statistics. We aim to provide a firm […]

  10. UK Statistics Authority correspondence to the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee regarding progress against recommendations (Governance of Statistics report)

    Sent from: UK Statistics Authority

    Sent to: Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Select Committee

    Dear William, I was glad we had the chance to speak last month. I said then that I would write and set out the further actions the UK Statistics Authority has taken in response to the Committee’s 2019 Governance of Statistics report. Our full response to the report made a number of commitments and this […]