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

2. 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

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

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

5. 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

6. Our scope is official statistics. Our reach is wider.

7. 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

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