Dear Dame Meg, I wanted to write in my role as Head of the Government Analysis Function regarding your Committee’s report and the subsequent Government response on Use of evaluation and modelling in government. For recommendation 5b, we gave a target implementation date of summer 2022. This was in error: it should have said summer […]
On Thursday 3 November, David Freeman, Head of Labour Market and Households, Office for National Statistics gave evidence to the COVID-19 Recovery Committee in Scottish Parliament for its inquiry, ‘Road to Recovery: impact of the pandemic on the Scottish labour market.’ A transcript of which has been published on the Scottish Parliament website.
On Thursday 20 October, Sarah Henry, Director for Methodology and Quality at the Office for National Statistics, gave evidence to the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee for its inquiry, ‘Civil Service People Survey’. A transcript of which has been published on the UK Parliament website.
Dear Lord Bridges, Thank you for inviting David Freeman and I to give evidence for the Committee’s inquiry on UK Labour Supply. During that session on 6 September, we promised to follow-up with the Committee on several topics. Over-50s Lifestyle Survey The latest iteration of the Over-50s Lifestyle Survey was discussed at many points during […]
Dear Mr Knight, I write in response to the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Sub-committee on Online Harms and Disinformation’s call for evidence for its inquiry, ‘misinformation and trusted voices’. As the Committee may be aware, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) is the UK’s National Statistical Institute and largest producer of official statistics. We […]
Dear Sir Stephen Timms, I write in response to the Work and Pensions Committee’s call for evidence for its inquiry, ‘Plan for Jobs and Employment Support. This inquiry is of particular interest and relevance to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) as we are responsible for producing employment and labour market statistics and analysis for […]
Dear Ms Brown, I write in response to the COVID-19 Recovery Committee’s call for evidence for the inquiry, Road to recovery: impact of the pandemic on the Scottish labour market. This inquiry is of particular interest and relevance to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) as we are responsible for producing employment and labour market […]
On Thursday 8 September 2022 Professor Sir Ian Diamond, National Statistician at the Office for National Statistics, gave oral evidence to the Scottish Parliament’s Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee for their inquiry on Scotland’s Census. A transcript of which has been published on the Scottish Parliament’s website.
On Tuesday 6 September, Mike Keoghan, Deputy National Statistician for Economic, Social and Environmental Statistics, Office for National Statistics, and David Freeman, Head of Labour Market and Households, Office for National Statistics, gave evidence to the Economic Affairs Committee for its inquiry, ‘the UK labour supply’. A transcript of which has been published on the UK […]
Dear Mr Wragg, I write in response to the Committee’s call for evidence on the Civil Service People Survey. We have focused our evidence on questions in the Terms of Reference regarding survey design, delivery and validity of results, from the perspective of our role as the Office for National Statistics in administering high-quality national […]