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Case studies

Case studies

The case studies on this page highlight examples of good practice in applying the principles and practices of the Code of Practice for Statistics. Each case study relates to a specific principle of the Code.

This page also contains case studies of voluntary application – where organisations have voluntarily applied the Code pillars to their data, statistics or analysis which are not official statistics.

Trustworthiness, Quality and Value case studies are written by the Office for Statistics Regulation, whereas voluntary application case studies are written by the organisations applying the Code.

The Government Analysis Function (AF) also publishes case studies on successful improvements to the quality of AF statistics in line with the AF Quality Strategy.

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  • Reviewing and amending statistics provisions

    Skills Development Scotland and the Scottish Government education team both produce statistics on young people in Scotland. Scottish Government reports on school leaver destinations in its Summary Statistics for Attainment and Initial Leaver Destinations…

  • Protecting the confidentiality and security of data

    This is a case study for Principle T6: Data governance. Every five years, the Northern Ireland Housing Executive (NIHE) carries out the Northern Ireland House Condition Survey (NIHCS), a survey…

  • Sharing resources and collaborating

    Ofsted inspects and regulates services that care for children and young people, and services providing education and skills for learners of all ages. Ofsted is an official statistics producer that…

  • Voluntary Application: Department for Work and Pensions

    Why does the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) voluntarily apply the Code? DWP doesn’t just publish official statistics. We also produce a wide range of “other” data and analysis…

  • Voluntary Application: Financial Conduct Authority

    Rationale for applying the Code Financial Lives is our largest tracking survey of adults and their finances. It is a survey of nearly 13,000 consumers and their use of financial services.…

  • Innovating across the production and dissemination process

    The National Travel Survey (NTS) team at the Department for Transport (DfT) has implemented a series of innovations and improvements during 2018/19. Some of these have been simple to implement but…

  • Clarity and insight in government statistical outputs

    The Royal Statistical Society (RSS) selected the 2018 winner and first and second runners-up for the Campion Award for Official Statistics. The purpose of the award is to recognise outstanding innovations or developments…

  • Adding value to Northern Ireland tourism statistics

    The Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) present statistics on Northern Ireland tourism across a number of published reports and through access to data. The publications are easily digestible and published at a…

  • Increasing the value of data to users by enhancing accessibility

    HM Land Registry is responsible for publishing the UK House Price Index (HPI), a measure that captures changes in the value of residential properties. It does this on behalf of the wider…

  • Publishing information about data quality assurance processes

    The Consumer Price Index including Owner Occupiers’ Housing Costs (CPIH) is published monthly by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) in its UK Consumer Price Inflation bulletin. ONS publishes information…