The Office for Statistics Regulation wrote to Jo Peacock about Criminal barrister fees

22 July 2022 · Ed Humpherson, Director General for Regulation, Office for Statistics Regulation

The letter is dated 22 July 2022. The Office for Statistics Regulation published it as Ed Humpherson to Jo Peacock: Criminal barrister fees; 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 line with the Code of Practice for Statistics and our expectations around intelligent transparency, figures used publicly by ministers or government departments should be made available to the public in a timely manner.”

“While we are glad that your team ha s now put the data behind this figure in the public domain, as part of the recent impact assessment, it is unfortunate that this occur red several weeks after it was so prominently used.”

“In future, we expect that such figures are released in a timely fashion with any relevant discussion of strength and limitations included to support public understanding and enhance transparency.”

“Our guidance on the transparent release and use of statistics and data sets out more detail on our expectations around intelligent transparency.”

From Ed Humpherson, Director General for Regulation, Office for Statistics Regulation, letter of 22 July 2022. Read the full letter.

Records the letter links to

• impact assessment (gov.uk)

Receipt