Joint consultation on the future of the RPI launched by UK Statistics...
In March 2019, UK Statistics Authority recommended to the Chancellor that the shortcomings of the RPI be addressed by bringing the methods and data sources of CPIH into it. Today The Authority and HM...
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This document reports a breach of the Code of Practice for Statistics, or the relevant Pre-release Access to Official Statistics Orders, to which the Code applies as if it included these orders.
View ArticleRapid Review of Coronavirus, the UK economy and society, faster indicators
Dear Sir Ian CORONAVIRUS, THE UK ECONOMY AND SOCIETY, FASTER INDICATORS I am writing to endorse the new experimental faster indicators that ONS has published providing information about the impacts...
View ArticleRPI Consultation Extension letter from Sir David Norgrove
Dear Chancellor, Thank you for your letter about the joint consultation by the UK Statistics Authority and HM Treasury on changes to the Retail Prices Index. As you say, we have considered the effects...
View ArticleRPI Consultation Extension letter from The Chancellor of the Exchequer
Dear David, As you are aware, at the Budget the government and UK Statistics Authority (UKSA) launched a joint consultation seeking views on whether UKSA’s proposal to address the shortcomings of the...
View ArticleConsultation on the future of the Retail Prices Index
The UK Statistics Authority and HM Treasury have today announced that they will be extending the time period for the current joint consultation on the future of the Retail Prices Index, in light of the...
View ArticleEd Humpherson to Ruth Stanier: Strengthening the quality of HMRC’s official...
Dear Ruth Strengthening the quality of HMRC’s official statistics Today we publish the findings of our review of the principles and processes underpinning the quality of HMRC’s official statistics. We...
View ArticleStrengthening the quality of HMRC’s official statistics
Introduction to the review In September 2019, HMRC invited the Office for Statistics Regulation to carry out a review of the principles and processes underpinning the quality of HMRC’s official...
View ArticleEd Humpherson to Jim Harra: Strengthening the quality of HMRC’s official...
Dear Jim Strengthening the quality of HMRC’s official statistics Today we publish the findings of our review of the quality of HMRC’s official statistics. HMRC invited us to carry out this review...
View ArticleThinking about quality when producing statistics
Statistics should be produced to a level of quality that meets users’ needs, and quality assurance (QA) should be proportionate to the nature of the quality issues and the importance of the statistics...
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