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Authority Assessment:One year on
Neil JacksonUK Statistics Authority
Scotstat Annual Conference, 1 Nov 2010
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Coverage of presentation
• Assessment and Trustworthiness
• Published Assessment Reports
• Impact of assessment
• Emerging findings
• Forward plans
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Designation
Statistics…
• Meet identified user needs
• Are produced, managed and disseminated to high standards
• Are well explained
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Published Assessment Reports
Scottish Government 9
Information Services Division 5
Northern Ireland 5
Welsh Assembly Government 3
UK Government Departments 26
Office for National Statistics 10
Other 7
Total 65
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Published reports for Scottish Government
Recorded Crime in Scotland Jun-09
The Scottish Health Survey Sep-09
Scottish House Condition Survey Sep-09
Scottish Crime and Justice Survey Sep-09
Statistics on Children Looked After by Local Authorities in Scotland Oct-09
Scottish Household Survey outputs Dec-09
Scottish Labour Market Statistics Dec-09
Schools for Scotland Jul-10
Statistics on Transport in Scotland Oct-10
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Other published reports for Scotland
Statistics on Cancer in Scotland May-10
Statistics on Cancer Screening in Scotland May-10
Statistics on NHS Scotland Workforce May-10
NHS Waiting times, Scotland Jul-10
Statistics on Prescribing in Scotland Oct-10
Special Assessment of the 2011 Censuses in the UK: Phase 1 Mar-10
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Requirements made in first 50 Assessment reports
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Frankness and accessibility
Meeting user needs (including user engagement)
Release practices
Sound methods and assured quality
Impartiality and objectivity
Use of administrative sources
Confidentiality
Proportionate burden
Resources
Integrity
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Number of Requirements
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Emerging Findings
• Need for more systematic engagement with users
• Needs a clearer understanding of the uses made of official statistics
• Better documentation of strengths and weaknesses of statistics in relation to their uses
• Scope to enhance the presentation of the statistics and the accompanying commentary
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Principle 1: Meetings User Needs
• Practice 1: Engage effectively with users of statistics to promote trust and maximise public value
• Practice 2: Investigate and document the needs of users of official statistics, the use made of existing statistics and the types of decisions they inform
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Recommendations from Strengthening User Engagement
• National Statistician to lead consultations on how best to use web technology … to enhance the accessibility of official statistics
• Improve communications between statistical experts and journalists
• A web-based forum to enable users to communicate more easily and openly;
• Producers to work more actively with the Statistics Users Forum
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Website
Statistics Authorityhttp://www.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/
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Questions?