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This guidance sits alongside “Tips for urgent quality assurance of data”. This guidance focuses on the analysis, that guidance looks at the data used in the analysis.
Learn more on Tips for urgent quality assurance of ad-hoc statistical analysisThis guidance provides advice for maintaining privacy and data confidentiality in government statistics.
Learn more on Anonymisation and data confidentialityPublishing on the Analysis Function website Checklist for publishing content on the Analysis Function website
Learn more on How to publish something on the Analysis Function (AF) websiteThis guidance sets out the process for external recruitment, internal Civil Service recruitment and badging for Statistical Officers, Higher Statistical Officers and Senior Statistical Officers in the Statistics Profession.
Learn more on Adopting Success Profiles across the Government Statistical ServiceThis report by the Government Statistical Service (GSS) Harmonisation Team explores the different definitions of affordable housing and associated terminology used in the UK.
Learn more on Affordable housing harmonisation guidanceThis guidance is for producers of statistical outputs across government who need to decide whether to label data as official statistics. The guidance covers: the legal background points to consider…
Learn more on Labelling official statisticsThis guidance deals with handling data to produce and publish official statistics. It also deals with how to make data available to external users in ways that are transparent and accountable.
Learn more on Building confidence in the handling and use of dataThis guidance answers questions you may have about publishing official statistics in line with the Code of Practice for Statistics.
Learn more on Publishing official statistics and accredited official statisticsThis guidance sets out the Office for Statistics Regulation’s expectations regarding the production and handling of official statistics in development in line with the Code of Practice for Statistics.
Learn more on Official statistics in developmentThis guidance supports statistics producers in meeting the quality requirements of the United Kingdom (UK) Code of Practice for Statistics and Eurostat’s European Statistics Code of Practice.
Learn more on Quality statistics in government