Dear Mr Wragg, Following the submission of the Office for National Statistics’ (ONS) written evidence to the Committee’s Transforming the UK’s Evidence Base inquiry on 31st August 2023, I then gave oral evidence to the Committee on 5th September 2023. One of the topics that I am aware the Committee has been interested in, during […]
Dear Mr Wragg, Thank you very much for the opportunity to give evidence to your Committee as part of the Transforming the UK Evidence Base inquiry on 6 February. I enjoyed the session and I hope that you found my evidence useful. I am writing to provide some supplementary evidence related to comparability of statistics […]
On Tuesday 6 February, Ed Humpherson, Director General for Regulation at the Office for Statistics Regulation, gave evidence to the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee for their inquiry on Transforming the UK’s Evidence Base. A transcript of which has been published on the UK Parliament website.
Dear Sir Stephen, Thank you for your letter of 13 December 2023 regarding Defined Benefit (DB) pension scheme funding. I am delighted to see the Committee’s interest in these statistics, following on from the work we have done to redevelop the survey. To take your questions in turn: Whether we have anything to add on […]
Dear Mr Wragg, Following the submission of the Office for National Statistics’ (ONS) written evidence to the Committee’s Transforming the UK’s Evidence Base on 31st August 2023, I then gave evidence to the Committee on 5th September 2023. I am now able to provide some supplementary evidence, as requested, on several topics of interest. The […]
On Wednesday 6 December, Emma Rourke Deputy National Statistician and Director General for Health, Population and Methods, and Jen Woolford, Director of Population Statistics gave evidence to the Welsh Affairs Committee’s inquiry into the impact of population change in Wales A transcript of which has been published on the UK Parliament website.
Dear Ms Nokes, I write in response to the Women and Equalities Select Committee’s call for evidence for their inquiry into the “Impact of the rising cost of living on women”. As the Committee is aware, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) is the largest producer of official statistics in the UK. We aim to […]
Dear Dame Meg Hillier, I write in response to the Public Accounts Committee’s call for evidence for their inquiry into Homes for Ukraine. 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 evidence base […]
Dear Mr Wragg, I am writing to update the Committee on the Office for National Statistics’ work on the Labour Market. As you will be aware, due to quality concerns, the ONS suspended publication of the Labour Force Survey (LFS) estimates element of the wider Labour Market release in October. Instead, to provide users with […]
Dear Mr Dunne, I am writing to you and the Committee to provide an update on recent and upcoming Office for National Statistics’ (ONS) environmental work. This includes work on the UK natural capital accounts, potentially useful background for the Committee’s “role of natural capital in the green economy” inquiry, as well as measuring green […]