National Statistical

Trading places: measuring imports and exports through Brexit and COVID-19

Matt Hughes
March 8, 2021

Categories: ONS

Image of cranes and shipping containers at a port, indicating trade

As the ONS prepares to publish UK trade statistics for January 2021, the first month since the end of the UK’s transition period with the European Union, Matt Hughes reflects on the challenges of producing these statistics during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as looking at some of the new ways the ONS is collecting these data, now the EU transition period has come to an end.

UK Infections and Antibody Survey passes key milestone as 3 millionth swab test collected

Ian Diamond
February 26, 2021

Categories: Coronavirus, Office for National Statistics, ONS

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.

Protecting your Data at ONS during COVID-19

Alison Pritchard
February 23, 2021

Categories: Data, ONS

Too often we see that data security does not receive the attention it deserves until there is a crisis. At the ONS we are working all year round to ensure the nation’s data is kept safely. In this blog, Alison Pritchard, recaps how the ONS’ security has been able to adapt and improve during the pandemic.

Understanding the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic on housing and homelessness

Tony Wilkins
February 17, 2021

Categories: ONS

Other issues may have dominated the headlines but 2020 was an important year for UK housing and homelessness statistics. Despite challenging circumstances, the Government Statistical Service and its partners have brought fresh insight to key areas. Here Tony Wilkins outlines recent progress and plans for the future.

How apprentices are helping to drive statistics in the pandemic

Alex Lardner
February 9, 2021

Categories: ONS

Many of the challenges caused by the pandemic are only answerable with robust and timely data. The Office for National Statistics has supported those taking on apprenticeships in areas like data science, analytics and economics throughout the pandemic to help equip the UK with these much-needed skills. As we celebrate National Apprenticeship Week Alex Lardner explains why apprenticeships are so valuable to the ONS and the country as a whole.