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This page provides information on work underway across to harmonise measures of sex and gender in data collection across government.
Learn more on Sex and gender harmonisation guidanceThis guidance sets out information on collecting and reporting statistics about income and earnings to ensure statistics about this topic are as comparable as possible across government.
Learn more on Income and earnings harmonisation guidanceThis standard combines the long-lasting health conditions and illness and activity restriction standards to measure disability for the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC).
Learn more on Measuring disability with European Union (EU) data harmonisation guidanceThe following guidance sets out how to measure disability. This is based on the criteria used by different organisations or legislation to classify a person as disabled. These are for use in social surveys and administrative sources. They have been developed through consultation and workshops with key stakeholders including the devolved administrations.
Learn more on Measuring disability for the Equality Act 2010 harmonisation guidanceThis two-year strategy sets out realistic actions to address key quality challenges and improve quality across the GSS. While there are pockets of good practice, this strategy identifies areas in which we can improve the quality of statistics we produce.
Learn more on Government Statistical Service (GSS) Quality StrategyThe Government Statistical Service People Plan aims to build the professional capability of the statistical community. It has been developed to help individuals and the statistical profession grow, develop and maximise potential.
Learn more on Government Statistical Service (GSS) People PrioritiesThis policy is intended to help you through the process of identifying and meeting your learning and development needs.
Learn more on Continuous Professional Development (CPD) policy for the Government Statistician Group (GSG)The following guidance sets out how to accurately and consistently reference statistics geographically.
Learn more on Geography harmonisation guidanceThis harmonised standard sets out how to collect and report statistics about crime and fear of crime to ensure statistics about this topic are as comparable as possible across government.
Learn more on Crime and fear of crime harmonised standardThe harmonised standard sets out how to collect and report statistics about economic activity status to ensure statistics about this topic are as comparable as possible across the Government Statistical Service (GSS).
Learn more on Economic activity status, National Statistics Socio-economic Classification (NS-SEC) and employment related questions harmonised standard