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Written question asked by Chris Ruane (Labour) on Wednesday, 12 June 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 17 June 2019. It was answered by Mark Field (Conservative) on Thursday, 20 June 2019 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.


Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Statistics

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on how many occasions his Department has received representations from the UK Statistics Authority on his Department's presentation and use of statistics in each year since 2010.

Answer

​Details on the UK Statistics Authority's interventions are published in the correspondence[1], publications[2], and issues log[3] sections of their website since 2010.

The Authority's Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) also carry out regular assessments and systemic reviews, details of which can also be found on the Authority's website[4].

In September 2018, the Authority published the first annual summary of its interventions for the financial year 2017/18[5]. The report for 2018/19 will be published in the autumn.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
263722
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Statistics Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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