On 26 May 2021, Ed Humpherson, Director General for Regulation at the Office for Statistics Regulation, gave evidence to the Work and Pensions Committee for its inquiry on Children in poverty: measurement and targets. A transcript of which has been published on the UK Parliament’s website.
Dear Mr Stride, I write in response to the Treasury Committee’s call for evidence for its inquiry into Jobs, growth and productivity after coronavirus. As the Committee will be aware, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) is the UK’s National Statistical Institute and the largest producer of official statistics. The ONS aims to provide a […]
Dear Mr Stride, I write in response to the Treasury Committee’s call for evidence for the inquiry considering Jobs, growth, and productivity after coronavirus. 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 […]
Dear Mr Dunne, I write in response to the Environmental Audit Committee’s request for evidence for its inquiry into Ecosystems and biodiversity, specifically addressing the Committees questions regarding the Office for National Statistics’ (ONS) work towards incorporating the Natural Capital Accounts and the Environmental Accounts into the wider national accounts. The ONS has been working […]
Dear Mr MacNeil, I write to update the International Trade Committee on the Office for Statistics Regulation’s (OSR) compliance check of Foreign Direct Investment statistics from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and of Inward Investment statistics from the Department for International Trade (DIT). This review follows up on recommendations made in our 2018 compliance […]
Dear Mr Wragg, Thank you for your letter of 15 April in relation to your Committee’s inquiry on COVID-19 vaccine certification, in which you asked what role the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) plays in regulating the data produced by commissioned private organisations for government. OSR has no direct role to regulate the data produced […]
Dear Mr Wragg, Thank you for your letter of 15 April, in relation to your Committee’s inquiry on COVID-19 vaccine certification. I have addressed the specific questions from your letter below. What process does the Office for National Statistics (ONS) have in place to maintain high quality survey design when working at pace? Our Methodology […]
Dear Mr MacNeil, I write in response to the International Trade Committee’s call for evidence for its inquiry into inward foreign direct investment (FDI). As the Committee will be aware, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) is the National Statistical Institute for the UK and the largest producer of official statistics. The ONS aims to […]
Dear William, Thank you for your letter of 2 February, in which you asked about the Government’s use of data, in relation to your inquiry Data transparency and accountability: COVID-19. We discuss your specific questions in an Annex to this letter. Here I would like to reflect more generally about the use of data and […]
Dear Mr Wragg, Thank you for your letter of 2 February requesting an update on COVID-19 data, following the evidence I gave to the Committee in May and September 2020 for the inquiry data transparency and accountability: COVID-19. I have addressed the specific questions from your letter below. I also wanted to use this opportunity […]