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Talking numbers and making them count

As a communications professional, I use insights and ideas to implement and deliver impactful communications. Using statistics is a great way to use evidence and explain complicated information, but...

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Transparency is fundamental to trust – the government must learn from...

As part of our work on statistical leadership, we are hosting a series of guest blogs. This blog is from Will Moy, Chief Executive of Full Fact.   This time last year, the UK was about to head into...

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General Pharmaceutical Services in England  

We are currently assessing the extent to which the General Pharmaceutical Services in England statistics, produced by the NHS Business Services Authority, meet the professional standards set out in the...

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Listen to your enthusiasts: Implementing RAP at Public Health Scotland

This is a guest blog from Scott Heald following the launch of our new report: Reproducible Analytical Pipelines (RAP): Overcoming barriers to adoption. Firstly, let me introduce myself. I’m Scott, the...

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Systemic Review outline: Loneliness

Background Over the last few years each country in the UK has produced either a strategy on loneliness or started producing statistics on loneliness. There has been a lot of work put into this area by...

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Securing public confidence in algorithms – lessons from the 2020 exam awards

Last March, schools and colleges across the UK were closed and the qualification regulators (Ofqual, Qualification Wales, SQA and CCEA) were directed by the respective governments of England, Wales,...

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Assessment of the Living Costs and Food Survey

We are currently assessing the extent to which the Living Costs and Food Survey (LCF), run by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), meets the professional standards set out in the statutory Code of...

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How we won our Award for Statistical Excellence

As the deadline for applications for our Statistical Excellence award nears, the joint-winners of the 2020 award, the Scottish Fiscal Commission, have written a guest blog about how they won and what...

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Making an impact: How can statisticians help journalists to answer key...

As part of our work on statistical leadership, we are hosting a series of guest blogs. This blog is from Robert Cuffe, Head of Statistics at the BBC. It’s not all rush, rush, rush in news. One...

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Assessment of Northern Ireland Broad Economy Sales and Export Statistics

The Office for Statistics Regulation is currently carrying out an assessment of the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA)’s Broad Economy Sales and Export Statistics (BESES) against...

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