Sir Ian Diamond, the National Statistician, talks about the publication of the Report of the Inclusive Data Taskforce today that…
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In the middle of 2020, the UK Statistics Authority embarked on its new five- year strategy, “Statistics for the Public Good”. Launched at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the statistical system has since gone above and beyond to ensure the country has the data it needs now and in years immediately ahead. In this post Professor Sir Ian Diamond, National Statistician, reflects on how far the Office for National Statistics and the UK Statistics Authority has come and what’s coming next.
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The last year has been transformative for the use and understanding of public data, including at the Office for National Statistics. In this piece, which first appeared in the Times, the UK’s National Statistician, Professor Sir Ian Diamond, breaks down how far we’ve come.
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Set up in days to meet an urgent need for better information on how Covid-19 was affecting the community population, the UK Covid-19 Infection Survey has become a indispensable source of data on the pandemic. With more than three million swab tests conducted in over two hundred thousand households, the National Statistician thanks and pays tribute to everyone involved.
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In his second blog post for World Statistics Day, National Statistician, Professor Sir Ian Diamond, takes a look at how the UK’s statisticians have risen to the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic and considers how all official statistics need to reflect the experiences of the whole population.
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