Dear Mr Dunne, Thank you for your letter of 28 June, of which you noted the interest of the Committee in our evaluation of the pilot publication we released on 12 May, which brought together climate change-related statistics with the preliminary quarterly estimate of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). I also noted in my letter of […]
Dear Ms Nokes, I am writing to you and the Committee regarding the one-off evidence sessions on Black Maternal Health of 30 March and 13 July. During these, there was discussion of the Office for National Statistics (ONS) supply of data to the National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit (NPEU) for their work on Mothers and Babies: […]
On Tuesday 19 July 2022 Mike Keoghan, Deputy National Statistician for Economic, Social and Environmental Statistics at the Office for National Statistics, gave evidence to the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee for its inquiry, ‘post-pandemic economic growth: UK labour markets’. A transcript of which has been published on the UK Parliament website.
Dear Mr Jones, I write in response to the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee’s call for evidence for its inquiry, ‘post-pandemic economic growth: UK labour markets’. 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. This inquiry is of […]
Dear Greg, Thank you for inviting me to give evidence to the Science and Technology Committee on 8 June for your inquiry the right to privacy: digital data. I hope you and the Committee accept my sincere apologies for the technical difficulties on the day that meant I was unable to contribute to the session […]
Dear William, Thank you for your letter of 14 June 2022 regarding census response rates in Scotland and the implications for the integrity of UK-wide data. I will answer your specific questions in turn, but first I wanted to emphasise the close working relationship between all UK Census offices. We have offered and provided support […]
On 8 June 2022 Professor Sir Ian Diamond, the National Statistician at the Office for National Statistics, gave evidence to the Science and Technology Committee’s inquiry on the right to privacy: digital data. A transcript of which has been published on the UK Parliament website.
Dear Mr Leonard, I write in response to your letter of 13 April 2022, regarding the 2020/21 audit of Scottish Canals and the decision not to grant an extension of the implementation of Scottish Canals’ change of reporting status. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) was requested by the Scottish Government in 2019, to carry […]
Dear Mr Dunne, Thank you for your letter of 5 April 2022, following oral evidence from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) for the inquiry, Aligning the UK’s economic goals with environmental sustainability. We welcome both the Committee’s recognition of our work to date on wellbeing, the environmental accounts, and the cross-government UK climate change […]
On Wednesday 9 March 2022 Professor Sir Ian Diamond, National Statistician at the Office for National Statistics, gave evidence to the Public Accounts Committee’s inquiry on use of evaluation and financial modelling. A transcript of which has been published on the UK Parliament website.