How the ONS is streamlining its approach to national well-being

Categories: Office for National Statistics, ONS, Wellbeing
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This month UN secretary general António Guterres called on the international community to “go beyond gross domestic product as a measure of human progress and wellbeing.” In fact for some years now, the ONS has been going far beyond traditional measures of the economy – including GDP – by introducing statistics which seek to measure national well-being. Today we are introducing a new, streamlined framework for reporting these metrics. Here Richard Heys sets out this new approach. 

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Separating fact from fiction: how the ‘industry’ of survey collection is far more than a BBC plot device

Categories: Office for National Statistics, ONS, Surveys
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Tina Thomas, Deputy Director for Social Survey Field Collection, explains how a compelling BBC plot device does not reflect how ONS surveys operate in real life, and reminds us of how our interviewers are at the heart of what we do.

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How we are listening to businesses: Modernising data, reducing burden and building trust

Categories: ONS
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The picture the Office for National Statistics (ONS) paints of how the economy is faring would not be possible without businesses supplying their data to us. James Benford describes the key themes of a recent exercise to better understand the needs and experience of businesses as both contributors and users of ONS data. 

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