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Sex harmonisation guidance

This page provides information on work that is currently taking place across the Government Statistical Service (GSS) to harmonise measures of sex in data collection across government. For more information or advice on this topic, please contact Harmonisation@statistics.gov.uk.

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Gender Identity Data Harmonisation Guidance

The Government Statistical Service (GSS) Harmonisation team are currently working to develop a new gender identity data harmonised standard. This is in line with the current GSS Harmonisation workplan, which was updated in December 2024. This page provides interim guidance for collecting data on gender identity. You can find more information on the collection of […]

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Update on the review of the ethnicity harmonised standard: additional work to explore potential new response options

This update provides an overview of the GSS Harmonisation team’s review of the ethnicity harmonised standard and sets out additional work they are undertaking as part of that review to understand user need further and explore potential new tick-box response options.

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Introducing the Administrative Data Quality Question Bank

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Inclusivity and accessibility in survey development

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Strength in Numbers: A Strategic Vision for the GSS

A summary of the GSS Strategic Delivery plan, setting out how the statistical system will collaborate on areas of high impact.

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Analytical Learning Points for Ethnicity Data in health administrative data sources

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Government Statistical Service (GSS) Harmonisation Team workplan 2024

This workplan reflects the work of the GSS Harmonisation Team, based in the Office for National Statistics, for 2024 onwards.

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Identifying stakeholders

This guidance includes information about how to identify stakeholders who may be interested in engaging with your statistical outputs. If you would like further information after reading this guidance, please contact Engagement.Hub@ons.gov.uk. There are resources linked throughout this guidance.

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An Introductory Guide to Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA)

This guide provides a general introduction to Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA). You can use it in any context, but there is some emphasis on decision making in the public sector.

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