Guidance hub

The guidance hub contains resources and reference information to help you with all aspects of your analytical work.

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Government Statistical Service (GSS) Quality Strategy

Strategy

This 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.

Government Statistical Service (GSS) People Priorities

Guidance

The 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.

Continuous Professional Development (CPD) policy for the Government Statistician Group (GSG)

Policy

This policy is intended to help you through the process of identifying and meeting your learning and development needs.

Geography harmonisation guidance

Harmonisation standards and guidance

The following guidance sets out how to accurately and consistently reference statistics geographically.

Crime and fear of crime harmonised standard

Harmonisation standards and guidance

This 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.

Economic activity status, National Statistics Socio-economic Classification (NS-SEC) and employment related questions harmonised standard

Harmonisation standards and guidance

The 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).

Number of employees and number of self-employed persons harmonised standard

Harmonisation standards and guidance

This harmonised standard sets out how to collect and report statistics about employment variables to ensure statistics about this topic are as comparable as possible across the Government Statistical Service (GSS).

Hours worked and Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) harmonised standard

Harmonisation standards and guidance

This harmonised standard sets out how to collect and report statistics about employment variables to ensure statistics about this topic are as comparable as possible across the Government Statistical Service (GSS).

Homelessness harmonisation guidance

Harmonisation standards and guidance

The following guidance sets out how to collect and report statistics about homelessness to ensure statistics about this topic are as comparable as possible across the Government Statistical Service (GSS).

Demographic information harmonised principle

Harmonisation standards and guidance

The following guidance sets out how to collect and report statistics about demographic information to ensure statistics about this topic are as comparable as possible across the Government Statistical Service (GSS).

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