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 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 Griffiths, Thank you for your letter of 4 October related to quarterly growth data for Wales. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) made the decision to pause the publication of our Quarterly Regional GDP (QRGDP) publication due to concerns raised by users regarding the quality and volatility of the estimates. This was announced […]
Dear Lord Bridges, Firstly, David and I wanted to thank you for the opportunity to discuss labour market statistics with the Committee on 23 April. During the session we promised to follow-up on several areas of interest to the Committee. How household composition has changed since before COVID-19 During our discussion, we said that we […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]