The UK statistics agency has announced plans to scrap some of its publications on health, crime and British regions as part of the reliability of its intelligence data.
Under pressure on the quality of its data, the office for National Statistics, said it will reduce the number of reports it produces annually around 2026 to help it prioritize resources.
Last summer it emerged Treasury staff and office for budget responsibility (ONR) in the reliability of Chancellor Rachel.
This includes issues in the employment survey (LFS) – The UK’s official measure of employment – which is plagued by problems between response rates and response rates. LFSs are also a critical piece of data on productivity, which is a measure of economic output per hour of work or employee.
Reeves is widely expected to deliver a sharp drop in UK productivity growth in the budget, in a financial blowout that will cost the chancellor money to raise taxes.
Economists have warned that policymakers are “flying blind” amid the issues caused by the lfs caused by low response rates, which were previously said to be fixed by 2027.
The statistics agency has been open and transparent about issues with some statistics, and has launched a strategic plan to improve the quality of its primary statistics.
In its statement on Wednesday, its most recent steps will focus its publications to support the quality of its economic principals.
With a new website, it is said that it will improve the focus of its outputs and produce clearer information. The changes include a reduced commitment to health data and a funding review of crime statistics.
Darren Tierney, the permanent secretary of Ons, said: “Our first priority is to restore the quality of our key statistics from Sir Robert Devereux’s Review.
“Today’s plans are one step at a time, focusing on our portfolio and reducing the number of publications so that we can improve the quality of the value of rebuilding users to build trust.”