Office for National Statistics

“We are not the user”: How consultation and continuous improvement drive the ONS website

Categories: Data, Office for National Statistics, ONS

Creating the best website for every user to easily find what they’re looking for is a challenge for statistical agencies worldwide. From expert analysts looking for obscure datasets to casual visitors seeking quick facts on topical subjects, the ONS website must cater for some wildly different user needs. But as Andy Dudfield explains, those needs continue to shape the site’s evolution. 

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Basket of Goods 2019 – measuring inflation and tracking changing consumer trends

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

It’s that time of year when the ONS updates its famous ‘Basket of Goods and Services’. This time around there’s some notable additions and removals, which once again help to underline changing consumer purchasing behaviour.

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Beware the Ides of March? ONS data reveals which month we are really most likely to die in.   

Categories: Data, Office for National Statistics, ONS, Population, Public Policy

A spate of news stories has claimed that March is one of the ‘deadliest’ months with more deaths occurring over the past five years than in most other months. But as Sarah Caul explains, those numbers don’t quite add up.

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Filling in the gaps: Introducing our new quarterly public policy analysis review

Categories: Office for National Statistics, Public Policy, Public Policy Analysis Quarterly Review

Some recent ground-breaking work from ONS on topics including deaths of homeless people and the impact of migration has been the result of the new ONS centres for Public Policy Analysis. Here, Liz McKeown provides an update on the work of these centres and their achievements so far.

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