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This guidance item will be used as a place to show examples of using our data visualisation guidance with real-life charts and tables.
Learn more on Data visualisation: examplesGuidance on how to present and publish tables of data.
Learn more on Data visualisation: tablesGuidance on how to create and publish accessible charts.
Learn more on Data visualisation: chartsThe government functional standard is to set expectations for the planning and undertaking of analysis to support well-informed decision making.
Learn more on Analysis Function StandardThis guidance sets out how to collect and report statistics about UK armed forces service to ensure statistics about this topic are as comparable as possible across government.
Learn more on Harmonised standard for previous UK armed forces serviceThis guidance sets out how to collect and report statistics about Welsh language skills to ensure statistics about this topic are as comparable as possible across government.
Learn more on Welsh language skills harmonised standardGuidance on using colours in data visualisations.
Learn more on Data visualisation: coloursThis workplan reflects the work of the GSS Harmonisation Team based in the Office for National Statistics for 2022 onwards.
Learn more on Government Statistical Service (GSS) Harmonisation Team workplanWe are currently designing harmonised standards for collecting data on socio-economic background. This will be added to the guidance on this page.
Learn more on Socio-economic background harmonised standardGuidance providing a consistent shorthand to be used in statistical and analytical publications produced by the public sector.
Learn more on Using symbols and shorthand