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This guidance sets out how to report the survey reference period to ensure as much consistency as possible across government.
Learn more on Survey reference period harmonisation guidanceThis 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).
Learn more on Migration, country of birth and citizenship harmonisation guidanceThe 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).
Learn more on Household accommodation and vehicle information harmonised standardThis 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.
Learn more on Tenure harmonised standardThe 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).
Learn more on Unpaid care harmonised standardThis policy provides information on: accurately and consistently referencing statistics geographically, maximising the comparability of statistics, minimising the impact of changing area boundaries on statistical outputs, standardising how geography is defined, used and presented and meeting legal requirements to safeguard the confidentiality of statistics.
Learn more on Geography policy for the Government Statistical Service (GSS)