This guidance answers questions you may have about publishing official statistics in line with the Code of Practice for Statistics.
Learn more on Publishing official statistics and National StatisticsThis guidance sets out the Office for Statistics Regulation’s expectations regarding the production and handling of experimental statistics in line with the Code of Practice for Statistics.
Learn more on Experimental statistics – official statistics in developmentForeword The responsibility for producing high quality statistics lies with everyone working in the statistical system. Understanding quality, and how it feeds through into the use of our numbers, is…
Learn more on Quality statistics in governmentThis guidance provides advice on when to introduce the experimental statistics label, how to communicate what it means and how to remove it.
Learn more on Publishing experimental statisticsWhat is harmonisation? Harmonisation is the process of making statistics and data more comparable, consistent and coherent. What is covered on this page? This page provides information on work underway…
Learn more on Sex and gender harmonisation guidanceIntroduction Income and earnings are topics of great importance to people across the country. Earnings refers to money earned from employment, whereas income is total money received, including from earnings,…
Learn more on Income and earnings harmonisation guidanceThe following guidance sets out how to measure disability. This is based on the criteria used by different organisations or legislation to classify a person as disabled. These are for use in social surveys and administrative sources. They have been developed through consultation and workshops with key stakeholders including the devolved administrations.
Learn more on Measuring disability with European Union (EU) data harmonisation guidanceThe following guidance sets out how to measure disability. This is based on the criteria used by different organisations or legislation to classify a person as disabled. These are for use in social surveys and administrative sources. They have been developed through consultation and workshops with key stakeholders including the devolved administrations.
Learn more on Measuring disability for the Equality Act 2010 harmonisation guidanceHarmonisation is about making statistics and data more comparable, consistent and coherent and there are many aspects to this. This strategy covers the harmonisation of question wording used in questionnaires, interviews and administrative data collection, and the coherence of official statistics outputs.
Learn more on GSS Harmonisation StrategyThis two-year strategy sets out realistic actions to address key quality challenges and improve quality across the GSS. While there are pockets of good practice, this strategy identifies areas in which we can improve the quality of statistics we produce.
Learn more on GSS Quality Strategy