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Sexual Orientation and Gender
On 4th April the Office for National Statistics published detailed information from the Census on sexual orientation and gender . Unfortunately, it is evident that the question used was misunderstood by many persons for whom English may not be …
Measuring inflation as households see it: Next steps for the household costs indices
Authors: John Astin and Jill Leyland
FOREWORD
In 2015, at the request of the Royal Statistical Society (RSS), we published a paper “Towards a Household Inflation Index”. The proposed index was intended as a measure of inflation “as perceived and …
Where are the excess deaths?
Author: Tony Dent
There has been extensive news coverage of the difficulties experienced by the National Health Service, with some commentators linking the difficulties to an unusual increase in deaths. For example the organisation Pulse headlined on 6th January …
Should we be looking for a new National Statistician or a new Statistical System?
The post of National Statistician has been announced on the civil service website, with applications required before midnight on 5th December. Sir Ian Diamond’s existing appointment has been further extended to run until the end of March 2023 and …