Dear Mr Griffiths, I wanted to follow up on my letter to the Committee of 21 October relating to quarterly growth data for Wales. As you will be aware, 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 […]
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 Ms Jewell, Thank you for your letter dated 3 October 2023 following up on several points raised during our meeting with the Committee on 21 September 2023 on the future of population and migration statistics in England and Wales. Feedback from the 2023 International Census Forum The 2023 International Census Forum (ICF) was held […]
Dear Dr Lloyd, I write in response to the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee’s call for evidence for the inquiry considering the impact of the Covid-19 outbreak, and its management, on health and social care in Wales. The Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) is the independent regulatory arm of the UK Statistics Authority. We […]
Office for National Statistics and Data Science Campus written submission Welsh Assembly, Economy Infrastructure and Skills Committee inquiry: Degree Apprenticeships Growing the next generation of Data Scientists Data science is a broad and fast-moving field spanning maths and statistics, software engineering and communications. Data Scientists blend experience and knowledge from a wide range of fields […]
Dear Ms Sayed, Thank you for inviting the Office for National Statistics (ONS) to give evidence to the Committee on 18 April. At the session, I committed to providing some further information in response to questions around data security. I understand there were also questions on Armed Forces, Volunteering and Income data that time did […]
On Wednesday 18 April 2018 Iain Bell Deputy National Statistician and Director General for Population and Public Policy, Office for National Statistics and Garnett Compton, Census programme, Office for National Statistics, gave oral evidence to the Welsh Parliament’s Culture, Welsh Language and Communications Committee for their inquiry on the 2021 Census. A transcript of which […]
Dear Ms Sayed, I write in response to the Culture, Welsh Language and Communications Committee’s call for evidence on the 2021 Census. As the Committee are 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 for sound […]