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Revolutionising administrative data: a look into the future of population and migration statistics

Jen Woolford
February 28, 2023

Categories: Census, migration, Office for National Statistics, Population

Crowds of people walking through a busy street

Census 2021 has delivered a wealth of insight over recent months and will soon embark on an innovative new ‘open source’ phase. In addition, the Office for National Statistics is evolving to deliver more frequent, timely and relevant population statistics to better meet user needs. Underpinned by a suite of research and evidence, this year will see a call for views on our ambitious work. Here, Jen Woolford explains what’s coming in 2023.

How many people have had COVID-19? The challenge of reinfections

Leanne Massie
February 15, 2023

Categories: Coronavirus, Data, Health, Office for National Statistics, ONS, Population

Since the appearance of Omicron variants in December 2021, the number of people being reinfected with COVID-19 has increased markedly. As Leanne Massie explains, this affects our ability to estimate the total number of people who have had COVID-19 at least once.

How do we measure expected and excess deaths?

Sarah Caul
February 10, 2023

Categories: Coronavirus, Health, Office for National Statistics, ONS, Population, Research, Wellbeing

There has been widespread interest in the number of excess deaths across the UK. That is, the difference between the actual number of deaths observed and the number that was expected. But how do you calculate the expected number of deaths? Sarah Caul explains a new cross-UK initiative to take stock of how we calculate expected, and excess, deaths. 

What matters most to people in the UK and has that changed over time?

Liz McKeown
February 10, 2023

Categories: Data, Economy, Environment, ONS, Population, Public Policy, Wellbeing

A group of people looking happy, they have their arms around each other and are in a park type setting with sunlight behind them

Since 2011, the ONS has been measuring ‘National Well-being’ to evaluate how we are doing as a nation. National Well-being includes the things that people have told us matter most to them, across the environment, society and economy. Here Liz McKeown looks at our GDP & Beyond work, focusing on responses to our recent online survey reviewing how we measure National Well-being.

Trading places: How we are producing consistent estimates of trade figures following the UK’s EU exit

Hannah Donnarumma
February 10, 2023

Categories: ONS

As well as changing our trading relationships with the European Union, the departure of the United Kingdom from the EU has changed the way that trade in goods is recorded. The continuity of the UK’s international trade figures has therefore also been affected. In this post Hannah Donnarumma summarises recent changes and how the ONS is responding to their impact on our headline statistics.