The Office for Statistics Regulation wrote to Jonathan Athow about statistics on Income and Earnings
The letter is dated 29 March 2018. The Office for Statistics Regulation published it as Statistics on Income and Earnings
. Below are 4 passages from the letter in the regulator's own words.
What the Office for Statistics Regulation wrote
“We found some users were understanding of this position but others were”
“In September 2017 ONS published an article Addressed in part examining and explaining the differences between ONS’s two main sources of earnings statistics - the We welcome the publication of this article (originally Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) and expected far earlier) and some users told us that they monthly Average Weekly Earnings (AWE). have found it very useful.”
“In August 2016, ONS, in collaboration with DWP and Addressed to a limited extent HMRC, published a methodology document giving details about the different sources of income and We welcome the publication of Guide to sources of earnings statistics and their strengths and data on earnings and income.”
“In March 2017, DWP published experimental statistics Addressed on income dynamics, which provide estimates of the likelihood of the same people being persistently in low We welcome the publication of this paper, and hope income in at least 3 out of 4 years based on survey that more longitudinal analysis of survey data will be data from Understanding Society.”
From Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation, letter of 29 March 2018. Read the full letter.
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| Read from | https://osr.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/correspondence/statistics-on-income-and-earnings/ |
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| Date read | 15 October 2026 |
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| PDF on the letter page | https://osr.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/03/Income-and-Earnings-statistics.pdf7f763f1075ff725706230a3940fdcd2aca24cc8ca4ab9bb9765eaca6cfa94e22 |