Presentation at the Royal Statistical Society's International Conference, Newcastle, September 2013. This infographic presents and inter-relates the key components of the UK's statistical policy landscape. The scope includes key bodies, legislation, policy, guidance, and key contextual factors and influences. This provides a single strategic visual overview and reference source, illustrating the evolution, relationship and synthesis of those components over the last decade. This also helps to illustrate to a lay audience the extent and development of the background rigour and governance in public data management, use and communication. Paul Askew paul.askew@speakingdata.org.uk

1. The UK Statistical Policy Landscape
Paul Askew
paul.askew@speakingdata.org.uk
This infographic presents and relates the key components of the UK's statistical
policy landscape. The scope includes key bodies, legislation, policy, guidance, and key
contextual factors and influences. It provides a single strategic and visual overview,
illustrating the evolution, relationship and synthesis of those components over the last
decade or so. It demonstrates the extent and development of the background rigour and
governance in public data management, and the significant scale, complexity and recent
pace of change. Hence it’s forever a work in progress, and but one representation.
Royal Statistical Society
Annual Conference
Newcastle 2013
Policy Impact
Communication
Trustworthy
Quality
Methods and
systems
Impact
Statistical Society
Free Our Data
Quality
Public Interest
Data Integration
& Exploitation
Efficiency
Body of
Professionals
UK & EU Drive
Coverage
Parliament and
Politics
Data Store
Thriving
discipline
Media
Guardian
Data Blog
Full Fact
Business &
Economy
Information
is Beautiful
Nuffield
Foundation
GetStats
Administrative data
Security
Trustworthy
Pre-Release
Key Challenges
Education
Straight
Statistics
User Engagement
Key Emphasis
Code of Practice for
Official Statistics
National
Statistician’s
Guidance
BBC Joy of Stats
Public
Understanding
BBC R4 More or
Less
Perceptions are
not Reality
Royal
Statistical
Society
Office for
National
Statistics
UK Statistics
Authority
PSI Socio &
Economic Value
Data Science
Skills
Twin Track with
Core Data
National Strategy
Leadership
StatsUserNet
Funding Model
National Data
Strategy
Administrative
data
Market
Assessment of
Public Sector
Information
(5.13)
Shakespeare:
Independent
Review of
Public Sector
Information
(5.13)
Open Gov. Action
Plan (10.13)
Government
Statistical Service
European Statistics Code
of Practice 2011 {1}
Addressable
Structured
EUROSTAT
European
Commission
European Statistical
System
Regulation for Statistical
Co-operation 2009
Accountable
United
Nations
EU Statistical Programme
2013-2017
Smarter Use
Quality Criteria.
Regulation (EC) 223/2009
Fundamental
Principles of
Statistics
Consolidation
Generate
Demand
Building Trust
Enhanced Access
G8 Open Data
Proposals
Create
knowledge
1. Meeting User Needs
Code of Practice
for Official
Statistics (09)
2. Impartiality and Objectivity
Report of
Assessments
2009-2013
3. Integrity
Transparency
Open Data
White Paper:
Unleashing the
Potential (6.12)
8. Frankness and Accessibility
Public Sector
Information
(£1.6 -£6.8bn)
UK Data
Service
Open
Knowledge
Foundation
CKAN Open
Source {3}
UK Data
Archive
Data Hub
ESRC
Administrative
Data Task Force
Data.gov.uk
2. Release Practices
Practical Steps
to Improve
Management
Information in
Government
(7.12)
Quality Assurance Framework – Toolkit
(6.13)
Government Interrogating Spending Tool
(GIST)
Government
Digital Strategy
(11.12)
Consultation on
Data Policy for a
Public Data
Corporation
(8.11 & 2.12)
Ordnance
Survey
Dept. Business
Innovation and
Skills
Cabinet
Office
Midata Privacy
Impact Assessment
(11.12)
Public Data
Group
National
Archive
Statistics &
Registration
Service Act
2007
Public
Administration
Select Committee
Transparency
Board
Depts Open Data
Strategies
Met Office
Efficiency and
Reform Board
Open Standards
Principles (4.13)
Data Strategy
Board
Open Data
User Group
1. User Engagement
3. Use of Admin Sources
UK Location
Programme
Technology
Strategy Board
5. Confidentiality
7. Resources
Open Data
Institute
Disseminate
Knowledge
4. Sound Methods and assured quality
6. Proportionate Burden
Continuous
Unlock Supply
Practices [74]
Confidentiality
Centre for
Statistical
Education
USKA Strategy
(02.13)
Principles
Development
Ipsos MORI
ONS Strategy
2013-2023
Private Public
Mixed Economy
General
Media
Strategic Plan
2014-2018
Protocols
Sense about
Science
Analytical Interpretation
COINS Database
National
Audit Office
HM Treasury
FABRIC Framework for
Performance Information
F. Focused
1. Professional Independence
1. Accuracy
Land Registry
3. Reliability
1. Governance & Leadership
8. Appropriate Procedures
2. Systems and Processes
10. Cost Effectiveness
11. Relevance
B. Standards
7. Sound Methodology
B. Statistical
Processes
6. Completeness
9. Non- Excessive Burden
Audit
Commission
Building Links
with Stakeholders
(12.00)
Official Statistics
– Value and
Trust (1.08)
Impact of EU on
the UK Statistical
System (2.06)
Data on Demand
Access to Official
Statistics (6.07)
4. People and Skills
Register of Data
Controllers
Information
Commissioner’s
Office
On Target – The Practice of
Performance Indicators (.00)
14. Coherence and comparability
15. Accessibility and clarity
Aiming to Improve – The principles of
Performance Measurement
Notes.
{1} Adopted by the European Statistical System Committee in 2005 and revised and adopted 28th September 2011
{2} Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy
{3} CKAN - Comprehensive Knowledge Archive Network
(XX.XX) Indicates date in format MM.YY
This is but one way of presenting a broad and complex range of activity , a personal synthesis at a specific time.
3. Well defined
4. Reliable
5. Comparable
6. Timely
8. Incentivised
Protections
of
Freedoms
Act 2012
1. Strategy
2. Measures
12. Accuracy and Reliability
13. Timeliness and punctuality
2. Attributable
Proposals for a Code
of Practice for
Official Statistics
(8.07)
7. Verifiable
Managing the
Quality of Official
Statistics (8.05)
3. Policies and Procedures
5. Data Use and Reporting
I…Integrated
Framework for
National
Statistics (6.00)
5. Relevance
R… Robust
1. Relevant
Statistics
Commission
4. Timeliness
B…. Balanced
C… Cost Effective
CIPFA {2}
6. Impartiality and Objectivity
Trust &
Act
Review
12/13
Legislation to
Build Trust in
Statistics (5.04)
2. Validity
A. Characteristics
A. Institutional
Environment
4.Commitment to quality
5.Statistical confidentiality
C. Statistical Outputs
Foundations
2. Mandate for data collection
3. Adequacy of Resources
Companies
House
A. Framework
Standards for Better Quality Data
A... Appropriate
C. Components
European Statistics Code of Practice 2011 {1}
Administrative
Research Data
Centres
B. Criteria
Improving access
for Research &
Policy
Data
Protection
Act 1988
Freedom of
Information
Act 2000
Privacy &
Electronic
Comms
Regulations
2003
Key:
3. Targets
4. Results
5. Monitor
6. Evaluate
Product or
Theme
Organisation
Legislation