The Office for Statistics Regulation wrote to Iain Bell about Telephone-operated crime survey for England and Wales

26 August 2020 · Ed Humpherson, Director General for Regulation, Office for Statistics Regulation

The letter is dated 26 August 2020. The Office for Statistics Regulation published it as Ed Humpherson to Iain Bell: Telephone-operated crime survey for England and Wales; it links to 4 official records. Below are 4 passages from the letter in the regulator's own words.

What the Office for Statistics Regulation wrote

“Given the changes in survey methodology, I support your decision to publish crime statistics based on data from the TCSEW as experimental statistics.”

“Our rapid review has focused on the extent to which the survey is being run in line with the expectations set out in the Code of Practice for Statistics.”

“Changes to the survey were first announced alongside crime statistics published in April, then more information about the telephone survey and the statistics it would provide were published in July in a progress update to the published plan for improving for crime statistics.”

“More broadly, we consider the published plan for improving crime statistics to be very good – it is thorough and kept up to date.”

From Ed Humpherson, Director General for Regulation, Office for Statistics Regulation, letter of 26 August 2020. Read the full letter.

Records the letter links to

• Crime Survey (ons.gov.uk)
• published in April
• progress update (ons.gov.uk)
• the Scottish Crime and Justice Survey

Related key figures

• Crime Survey for England and Wales: headline crime

Receipt