The Office for Statistics Regulation wrote to Simon Briscoe about Care Home vaccine statements

19 February 2021 · Ed Humpherson, Director General for Regulation, Office for Statistics Regulation

The letter is dated 19 February 2021. The Office for Statistics Regulation published it as Ed Humpherson to Simon Briscoe: Care Home vaccine statements; it links to 1 official record. Below are 4 passages from the letter in the regulator's own words.

What the Office for Statistics Regulation wrote

“In our statement, we drew attention to the use of care homes data as an example of using data before they were published.”

“In our view, it is poor practice to announce figures selectively from a dataset when the underlying data are not yet published.”

“We would like to see more granular data available to support use in the ways you have highlighted and have publicly called for better data on vaccinations including through a recent statement on our website.”

“We have brought this issue to the attention of the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee (PACAC) in a letter from Sir David Norgrove in response to its request for evidence for its Data transparency and accountability: COVID-19 inquiry.”

From Ed Humpherson, Director General for Regulation, Office for Statistics Regulation, letter of 19 February 2021. Read the full letter.

Records the letter links to

• letter (committees.parliament.uk)

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