皇冠体育app future of population and migration statistics in England and Wales
Applies to England and Wales
Detail of outcome
On 17 June 2025 the UK Statistics Authority (subsequently referred to as 鈥渢he Authority鈥�), on the advice of the National Statistician, made a recommendation to the UK government on the future of population and migration statistics in England and Wales. You can read the and Sir Robert Chote鈥檚, Chair of the Authority, letters to the and , about the Recommendation on the Authority鈥檚 website.听
To accompany the recommendation, we have published a which details the thematic analysis from the consultation and the evidence that provides the foundation of the recommendation. It contains analysis and findings of the responses and feedback that were received during the consultation.听听
皇冠体育app Office for National Statistics (ONS) is committed to ensuring that the principles of equality and diversity are at the heart of all of its decision making. To help achieve this goal, the ONS commissioned an 鈥痳elating to its proposals for the future of population and migration statistics in England and Wales.
We have now published an updated report to accompany the Authority鈥檚 Recommendation on the future of population and migration statistics, and you can read it on the ONS website: 听
You can read more about on the ONS website.
Original consultation
Consultation description
High-quality, timely population statistics are essential to ensure people get the services and support they need within communities and nationwide. We are consulting to ensure that the population and migration statistics and analysis we produce continue to meet the changing needs of policy makers, citizens, and other data users. Our statistics should give you frequent, clear, timely and detailed insights into society. We also want to improve the coverage and accuracy of our statistics over time. To make sure that we meet your needs, we need your feedback on our proposals.
皇冠体育app consultation document explains the ONS鈥檚 proposals to create a sustainable system for producing essential, up-to-date statistics about the population. To do this, the system would primarily use administrative data such as tax or benefit data, complemented by survey data and a wider range of data sources. This could radically improve the statistics that the ONS produces each year and could replace the current reliance on the census every ten years. This consultation is seeking views on how these proposals meet the needs of users of ONS statistics compared to a system based on a census.
This consultation is also available in .
Documents
Updates to this page
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Updated to include the consultation outcome.
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An update on the consultation has been published.
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First published.