Office for National Statistics

Thinking local at the Subnational Data Conference

Categories: Office for National Statistics, ONS, ONS Local
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Producing local data is crucial for helping local governments make informed decisions. Since the Government Statistical Service’s Subnational Data Strategy’s release in December 2021, ONS has been addressing the need for timely and detailed local data. In this blog, Becky Tinsley reflects on a Subnational Data Conference she hosted with Emma Hickman in November, highlighting ONS’ work and future plans for local data.

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Bringing data to life: Get a healthy dose of data in our final webinar of 2024

Categories: Data, Health, Office for National Statistics, ONS, ONS Local, Population, Wellbeing

Join us on Thursday 12 December to learn about people’s changing life expectancy, what the picture of health looks like across the country, and how we are continually ‘taking the pulse’ of our nation.

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Bringing data to life: pricing up the cost of living

Categories: Data, Economy, Education, Office for National Statistics, ONS

What does an air fryer, a loaf of bread and vinyl records have in common? Well, these are just a few of the items tracked by the ONS to help us determine how the prices of a wide range of goods and services change annually in the UK. That’s the subject of our next webinar in the ‘Bringing data to life’ series.

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Bringing Data to Life: The value of environmental statistics

Categories: Data, Education, Environment, Office for National Statistics, ONS

How does the data we collect help us to measure climate change? What is the ‘green economy’? And how do our Natural Capital Accounts help us to better understand the economic and social value of the UK’s natural resources?

These questions and more will be answered by the ONS team as part of an online event taking place on Tuesday 22nd October.

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