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New public policy analysis quarterly review published: The year so far

Liz McKeown
June 7, 2019

Categories: ONS, Population, Public Policy, Public Policy Analysis Quarterly Review

New insights on the scale of childhood bereavement, the jobs at risk of automation and how inequality is affecting life expectancy have all come from ONS Public Policy Analysis this year. Following the publishing of the second edition of our quarterly review, Liz McKeown looks back on some of these findings and discusses how you can also input to this review.

Don’t dash off – check out our Public Service Data Dashboards!

Sophie Davies
June 4, 2019

Categories: Data, ONS, Public Policy

No longer will stats users looking for insight on public sector efficiency have to consult multiple data sets from different government bodies. Sophie Davies unveils the new ONS Public Service Data Dashboards.

Are there more people diagnosed with cancer?

Sarah Caul
April 26, 2019

Categories: ONS, Public Policy

Since 2001, the number of cancer diagnoses in England has increased from 234,362 to 305,683 in 2017. Currently one in two of us born after 1960 will be diagnosed with cancer at some point in our lives. However, there is some good news. Sarah Caul takes a look at the bigger picture behind cancer statistics.

Strengthening Our Housing and Planning Statistics

Debra Prestwood
April 4, 2019

Categories: Data, Office for National Statistics, Public Policy

Across government we’re working to highlight how statistics can best shine a light on society’s evolving questions about housing and planning in the UK. Debra Prestwood outlines the priorities for the coming year and explains how we’re putting users at the heart of our work.

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

Sarah Caul
March 7, 2019

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.