Dear Lord Forsyth, Following the Committee’s recent report on Measuring Inflation, I write with the UK Statistics Authority’s response to your recommendations. As your report made clear, the question faced by the Authority in 2012 was whether to make substantive changes to the construction of the Retail Prices Index (RPI). The decision made by the […]
Dear Lord True, I am writing to offer the Office for National Statistics (ONS) response to the Intergenerational Fairness and Provision Committee report on ‘Tackling Intergenerational Unfairness’. The Committee made the following recommendation to the ONS: “The UK Statistics Authority should prioritise improving generational statistics. This work should begin by the Office for National Statistics […]
Dear Lord True, I write in response to the call for evidence from the House of Lords Select Committee on Intergenerational Fairness and Provision. 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 for sound decisions, and develop […]
Dear Lord Forsyth, Further to the National Statistician’s comments to the Committee on 17 July, I am writing to offer the Office for National Statistics (ONS) response to the Economic Affairs Committee report on Treating Students Fairly: The Economics of Post-School Education. The Committee made one recommendation relating to ONS: “Most student loans will not […]
On 17 July 2018, John Pullinger CB, UK National Statistician, Head of the Government Statistical Service and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, gave evidence to the Economic Affairs Committee’s inquiry on the use of RPI. A transcript of which has been published on the UK Parliament’s website. Related Links: UKSA oral evidence – (2018) […]
Dear Lord Forsyth, I am writing with additional information the Committee requested when we gave evidence on 12 June. These are attached at Annex A. I would also like to take this opportunity to reaffirm the position of the UK Statistics Authority that the Retail Prices Index (RPI) is not a good measure of inflation, […]
On 12 June 2018 Sir David Norgrove and Jonathan Athow, Deputy National Statistician and Director General for Population & Public Policy, gave evidence to the Lords Economic Affairs Committee’s call for evidence for its inquiry on the use of RPI. A transcript of which has been published on the UK Parliament’s website. Related Links:
Dear Lord Forsyth, I am writing in response to your call for evidence for the economics of higher, future and technical education inquiry. In particular, we understand your Committee are interested in how student loan transactions impact fiscal aggregates, such as Public Sector Net Borrowing (PSNB) and Public Sector Net Debt (PSND). In addition, information […]
Dear Lord Hodgson, I write in response to the Committee on Citizenship and Civic Engagement’s call for evidence. 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 for sound decisions, and develop the role of official statistics in […]