Dear Chair, I write in response to the Treasury Committee’s call for evidence for its inquiry on Regional imbalances in the UK Economy. The Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) provides independent regulation of all statistics produced by the UK Government, Devolved Nations and by all related public bodies. The OSR is the independent regulatory arm of […]
Dear Mr MacNeil, Following my recent appearance before the Committee for your inquiry considering UK Trade in Services on 13 March, I understand members are seeking further detail on the UK’s trade in services by country and service type, the sample size and typical response rates for the International Trade in Services (ITIS) survey and […]
Dear Ms Reeves, I write in response to the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee’s call for evidence for its inquiry Supporting Regional Investment and Growth. As the Committee may be aware, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) is the National Statistical Institute of the UK, and the largest producer of official statistics. ONS aims […]
On Tuesday 2 April 2019, Sir David Norgrove, Chair, UK Statistics Authority; John Pullinger, National Statistician, UK Statistics Authority; and Ed Humpherson, Director General for Regulation, UK Statistics Authority gave evidence to a Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee as part of their Governance of Statistics inquiry. A transcript of which has been published on […]
On Wednesday 13 March 2019 Jonathan Athow, Deputy National Statistician gave oral evidence to the International Trade Committee as part of their inquiry: Trade in services. A transcript of which has been published on the UK Parliament’s website. Related Links: Office for National Statistics written evidence to the International Trade Committee as part of their inquiry: […]
Dear Mrs Miller, While providing evidence at the Women and Equalities Committee on 6 February on preparations for the 2021 Census, Frankie Kay and I promised to provide further information on a number of areas. Most relate to our recommendations on questions for inclusion, and as I discussed at the Committee, our role is to […]
Dear Ms Creagh, I am writing to offer the Office for National Statistics (ONS) response to the Environmental Audit Committee report on the ‘Sustainable Development Goals in the UK follow up: Hunger, malnutrition and food insecurity in the UK’. The Committee made two recommendations to ONS. Firstly: “ONS should continue to develop its metrics to […]
Dear Bernard, I am writing in response to the Committee’s request for further information on the seniority of statistical Heads of Profession in departments, with reference to question 4 of the terms of reference for the Governance of Statistics inquiry, which asks how the roles of Heads of Profession and Government Statistical Service (GSS) statisticians […]
On Tuesday 6 February 2019, Iain Bell, Deputy National Statistician for Population and Public Policy, Office for National Statistics and Frankie Kay, Director of Census Transformation, Office for National Statistics gave evidence to the Women and Equalities Select Committee as part of their inquiry regarding Preparations for the 2021 Census. A transcript of which has […]
Dear Bernard, I am writing in response to the Committee’s call for evidence for its inquiry, Governance of Statistics. I welcome this inquiry, and the opportunity it provides to support the Committee’s wider work in helping to ‘create conditions where the public can have justified confidence in public services/government.’ The following submission explains how the […]