Dear Simon I am writing in response to the call for evidence for the Committee’s inquiry into the work of the UK Statistics Authority. We welcome our regular appearances before the Committee, not just as a channel of formal accountability to Parliament, but also as an important source of support, challenge and advice in ensuring […]
Dear Dame Meg Hillier, Thank you for your letter of 26 March. Please find in the enclosed annex answers to your questions relating to Office for National Statistics (ONS) economic publications. As I committed in my letter to the Committee on 3 March, I also enclose an update on our plans for the Transformed Labour […]
Dear Dame Meg Hillier, Thank you for your letter of 14 February, following up on our evidence session with your Committee on 4 February. As I mentioned during the session, we are grateful for your interest in this important area of work. In response to the request in your letter, I can commit to providing […]
On Tuesday 4 February, Professor Sir Ian Diamond, National Statistician, Mary Gregory, Director for Population Statistics and Richard Heys, Deputy Director for Productivity, Investment and Research at the Office for National Statistics gave evidence to the Treasury Committee for their session on economic statistics. A transcript of which has been published on the UK Parliament website.
Dear Mr Perkins, Please accept my congratulations on your election as Chair of the Environmental Audit Committee. Further to our update to the previous Committee in November 2023, I am writing to provide a further update on recent and upcoming Office for National Statistics (ONS) environmental work. This includes work on the UK natural capital […]
Dear Ms Powell, As Director General of Regulation at the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR), I am writing following the Modernisation Committee’s call for evidence on the work of the Committee. The OSR is the regulatory arm of the UK Statistics Authority and plays a key role in protecting public confidence in the trustworthiness, quality […]
Dear Dame Meg, As National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am responding to your letter of 21 November regarding the Labour Force Survey. The Office for National Statistics (ONS), as the UK’s National Statistical Institute (NSI) and largest producer of official statistics, delivers independent and relevant statistics and analysis, continuously […]
Dear Ms Abrahams, Firstly, congratulations on your appointment as Chair of the Work and Pensions Committee. I previously responded to a letter from your predecessor, Sir Stephen Timms MP, on Defined Benefit (DB) pension scheme funding at the beginning of this year. I wanted to write to update you on progress made on these statistics, […]
Dear Mr Hoare, Now that the Committee has been reconstituted, I write to provide a response from the UK Statistics Authority to your predecessors’ report on ‘Transforming the UK’s Evidence Base’, published shortly before the General Election was called. On behalf of the Authority, I would like to express my thanks to them and their […]
Dear Mr Crabb, I write following my appearance in front of your Committee on 6 December 2023 with my colleague Jen Woolford, as part of the Impact of Population Change in Wales inquiry, and your subsequent letter dated 22 February 2024. I have addressed the queries raised during the session and in the letter in […]