Stats that then! A look back at 2019
2019 was another big year for the Office for National Statistics (ONS), filled with better data, new headlines and exciting…
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The latest ONS estimate values the ‘human capital’ of the United Kingdom at £21.4 trillion. It’s a staggering figure but what does it mean? Put simply, human capital is the economic value of the skills, knowledge and experience of the UK workforce. Richard Tonkin explains how the figures are put together and how the ONS plans to take a far broader view of human capital in the future.
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Award-winning work on homelessness, world-leading progress in measuring sustainable development and the transformation of the UK’s migration estimates are just three current projects in ONS Public Policy Analysis. They show how the ONS is uniquely placed to harness the potential of new data sources and answer important questions facing Britain today.
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The Office for National Statistics are leading an international project to begin to define the true value for official statistics around the world. Ed Humpherson, Director General for Regulation at the UK Statistics Authority, reflects on why this is important and how it could help to transform evidence based decision making on an international scale.
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The ONS’ Population and Public Policy team has delivered many new insights over the past two years on the key issues facing our society today. Here, Deputy National Statistician Iain Bell reflects on some of the progress made and sets out his priorities for the coming months, which includes important work on towns and cities, further analysis of our ageing population and the continued modernisation of surveys.
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