The ONS has unveiled its latest set of plans to further develop and transform the national accounts, including GDP. Rob Kent-Smith writes about the challenges of delivering our transformative agenda.
Read more on Next steps along the journey: how ONS is continuing to transform GDP
The Office for National Statistics is increasingly looking to harness alternative data sources from both Government and the private sector, to improve the quality of statistics and reduce the burden for firms needing to filling out questionnaires. Here John Allcoat explains how we regained national statistics status for our statistics by using a wider set of private sector data sources to help us improve our estimates of the construction industry.
Read more on Building on firm foundations: Using new data sources to transform construction statistics
New work to fill evidence gaps on disability, job quality and domestic abuse are among the projects delivered by ONS Public Policy Analysis in recent months. For Liz McKeown, the ability to work collaboratively across government and beyond is key to providing new insight on topics that matter.
Read more on Filling Key Evidence Gaps: Public Policy Quarterly Review
There’s a new Twitter channel for everyone who wants to know more about the Office for National Statistics.
Read more on A new decade, a new voice for the ONS…
John Harrison is famous for inventing the marine chronometer as his answer to the problem of finding longitude at sea, for which Parliament had in 1714 offered a reward of £20,000. One of the odder questions with which the ONS media relations office was recently faced was how much that would be worth today?
Read more on Valuing John Harrison’s work – how much is that £20,000 longitude reward worth today?