Guidance hub

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

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Migration, country of birth and citizenship harmonisation guidance

Harmonisation standards and guidance

This harmonised principle sets out how to collect and report statistics about migration, country of birth and citizenship about this topic are as comparable as possible across the Government Statistical Service (GSS).

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Household accommodation and vehicle information harmonised standard

Harmonisation standards and guidance

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

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Tenure harmonised standard

Harmonisation standards and guidance

This harmonised standard sets out how to collect and report statistics about tenure to ensure statistics about this topic are as comparable as possible across government.

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Unpaid care harmonised standard

Harmonisation standards and guidance

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

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Privacy and data confidentiality methods: a Data and Analysis Method Review (DAMR)

Method reviews

This is the National Statistician's Quality Review on privacy and data confidentiality methods.

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User engagement guidance

Guidance

This guidance provides advice on how to identify and engage with users.

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Data linkage

Guidance

This guidance provides advice on data linking - the process of joining datasets together so we can maximise the use of our data sources.

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Changing or ceasing to publish official statistics

Guidance

This guidance outlines what you should do when making and implementing decisions about revising, replacing or ceasing to publish official statistics.

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Communicating quality, uncertainty and change

Guidance

This guidance provides practical advice on how to communicate quality, uncertainty and change for different types of statistics and for a range of audiences.

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General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and statistics

Guidance

This guidance provides advice on using GDPR for statistical purposes.

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