Next stop: National Statistics status
In 2020 we assessed estimates of station usage produced by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) and designated them as National Statistics in December. In this blog, Lyndsey Melbourne, Head of Profession...
View ArticleI didn’t think I’d ever be interested in population statistics, but then I...
Ok so that’s not quite true. I’ve been working with a focus on population and society statistics for the past three years here at the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) and I love it. Working on...
View ArticleSystemic Review Outline: Mental Health Statistics (Northern Ireland)
What we are doing and why This review looks across the spectrum of mental health statistics and explores whether the statistical system is providing the information required to support individuals and...
View ArticleWe want to hear what is important to you
In January, we published a blog that outlined the key themes for our work this year. Our Director General for Regulation, Ed Humpherson, spoke about his expectation that statistics will continue to be...
View ArticleTalking 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...
View ArticleTransparency 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...
View ArticleGeneral 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...
View ArticleListen 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...
View ArticleSystemic 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...
View ArticleSecuring 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,...
View ArticleAssessment 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...
View ArticleMaking 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...
View ArticleAssessment 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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