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This page provides links to correspondence sent to the Statistics Commission along with any accompanying documents. The material is listed in reverse chronological order.

March 2007

Letter from Karen Dunnell to David Rhind regarding plans for the ONS Work Programme 07/08 and supporting information

• Letter - 26 Mar 07
• Plans for ONS Work Programme 07/08

July 2005

• Letter from Len Cook to David Rhind regarding the Statistics Commission's Census report

July 2002

• Letter to Gill Eastabrook regarding the National Statistics Code of Practice - Implementation and Final Version, dated 15/07/02

June 2002

• Letter from ONS to the Statistics Commission about the National Accounts Classification of Network Rail

GDP Measures
The Statistics Commission wrote by email to ONS on 29 May requesting background information on GDP measures and asking for any response ONS would care to make to articles that appeared in The Times newspaper. ONS responded by email on 11 June.

Census Disclosure
Gill Eastabrook, Chief Executive at the Statistics Commission, wrote by email to ONS on 7 May requesting clarification on disclosure control. ONS replied by email on 27 May.

May 2002

• Letter to Sir John Kingman re League Tables, Performance Indicators and Government Targets dated 14/05/02
• Letter from Jil Matheson to Gill Eastabrook enclosing the proposed National Statistics Work Programme 2002/03 to 2004/05
• Proposed National Statistics Work Programme 2002/03 to 2004/05
• Letter from Len Cook to Sir John Kingman regarding the Average Earnings Index Review dated May 2002.

April 2002

• Letter from Jil Matheson to Gill Eastabrook regarding the Accuracy of Tobacco Statistics dated 16/04/02

March 2002

• Letter from Len Cook to Sir John Kingman regarding Pension Fund Statistics dated 12/03/02

February 2002

• Letter to the Commission regarding the National Statistics Work Programme and Stakeholder Consultation sent 19/02/02
• Letter to Sir John Kingman regarding the Average Earnings Index sent 18/02/02
• Letter to the Commission regarding the Issues Raised by Users sent 12/02/02
• Letter to the Commission regarding the Pension Fund Inquiry sent 08/02/02
• Accompanying terms of reference

January 2002

• Letter re DRAFT NS CODE OF PRACTICE sent 23/01/02
• Statistics Commissions abroad sent 15/01/02

Letter to Commission dated 10th January 2002 in response to the Commission's letter to the National Statistician dated 8th January (also shown) relating to the Implementation of the Review of the Revisions of the Average Earnings Index Report:

• Letter to Sir John Kingman
• Commission's letter to the National Statistician
• Average Earnings Review implementation Press Release

Letter to Commission dated 9th January 2002 enclosing a copy of the internal guidance notes covering each of the remaining and, as yet unpublished, protocols which underpin the (draft) National Statistics Code of Practice:

• Letter to the Commission's Chief Executive
• Internal guidance notes to the Protocols

December 2001

• Census disclosure control - paper AG(01)06 Sent to the Commission 19/12/01
• Note from a meeting on Census Disclosure 13/12/01

Notes on Reliability & Revisions projects - sent by Stephen Penneck on 28 September and 13 December 2001.

• Pilot study
• Extending the reliability project
• Further details on revisions

ASRU report on Analysis of Current Templates - sent on 7 Dec 2001

November 2001

• Timeliness of UK Stats - sent 26 Nov 01.
• Letter re Implementation Of The Review Of The Revisions To The Average Earnings Index Report - sent 19 Nov 2001
• NS Quality Review of Regional Accounts - letter sent 19 Nov 2001.

Papers on GHS - sent 15 Nov 01.

• Description of documents
• The new continuous General Household Survey
• Annex A - Specification of Requirements

October 2001

• Costs of NS by theme - Sent to the Commission on 8 Oct 2001

September 2001

• IAA Strategy - sent 27 Sep 01.

Letter on Census Evaluation sent 27 Sep 2001 + 2 annexes

• Letter - 27 Sep 01
• Annex 1 - Income data for small areas September 1999
• Annex 2 - Data quality including Census Quality Survey

• Letter re CoP and Underlying Protocols sent 18/09/01
• Seasonal adjustment scoping study - letter 10 Sep 2001