Office for Statistics Regulation Enhancing the public value of UK official statistics through a new Code of Practice Job de Roij 7 September 2017

UK official statistics system Parliamentary Bodies UK Statistics Authority: Chair and Authority Board National Statistician Official Statistics production Director General for Regulation ONS Other government departments and agencies Devolved administrations Office for Statistics Regulation Users: meeting the public good

What we are trying to achieve Society’s needs Official Statistics Wider numerical information Code of Practice edition 2.0

Office for Statistics Regulation How did we get here? Code 2.0 Stocktake Focus Groups Office for Statistics Regulation Workshops

What will the new Code look like? Trustworthiness Quality Value Trusted people, systems and processes Robust data, method and statistics Statistics that serve the public good Integrity Suitable data sources Accessible Insightful Good governance Sound methods Reflect the range of users and uses Statistical capability Assured data quality Innovative Protected confidentiality Coherence Efficient data collection and use

Our scope is official statistics. Our reach is wider.

Code consultation Runs until 5th October All responses will be very welcome! Online survey and Word version Consultation pack is available on our website, including Draft Code 2.0 Final Code 2.0 – likely to be in early 2018 Please send any comments or queries to regulation@statistics.gov.uk

Any questions? Thank you! regulation@statistics.gov.uk