<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Statistics Commission RSS Feed - Other Publications</title><link>http://www.statscom.org.uk/rssFeed.aspx?sectionID=22</link><description>Latest articles from the Other Publications section of the Statistics Commision website</description><copyright>Material on this RSS Feed is subject to copyright protection unless otherwise indicated</copyright><ttl>5</ttl><item><title>Foreign Workers in the UK - Statistics Commission Briefing Note</title><description>1.	In October and November 2007, a series of parliamentary questions asked about statistics on the number of foreign workers in employment in the UK.  The departments to which the questions were directed (primarily the Department for Work and Pensions and Treasury/Office for National Statistics, but also the Department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform and Home Office) all drew on Labour Force Survey (LFS) data to provide answers.   However, due partly to error (already acknowledged publicly), partly to matters of definition, and partly to complexities in scaling up LFS survey results to give national figures, there was  confusion over the most appropriate figures to use in public debate.  </description><link>http://www.statscom.org.uk/C_1237.aspx</link><pubDate>12/10/2007 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>UK Parallels with the US Federal Statistical System - October 2007</title><description>A paper by the Statistics Commission on a recent visit to key players in the US statistical system. </description><link>http://www.statscom.org.uk/C_1220.aspx</link><pubDate>11/7/2007 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>The Nordic Contrast - paper on visit to statistical offices of Finland, Norway, the Netherlands and Sweden - September 2007</title><description>During September 2007 the chairman and chief executive of the Statistics Commission visited the national statistics offices of Finland, Norway, the Netherlands and Sweden.  
This paper does not seek to describe the work, or particular characteristics, of the four statistical services but rather to draw some comparisons between their approaches to broad statistical issues and the corresponding arrangements in the UK.</description><link>http://www.statscom.org.uk/C_1219.aspx</link><pubDate>10/18/2007 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Evolution of the UK statistical system - paper by Richard Laux, Richard Alldritt, Karen Dunnell</title><description>This paper - published in the Statistical Journal of the IAOS - identifies key events in the history of the UK statistical system, and the organisations and stakeholders which make it up.</description><link>http://www.statscom.org.uk/C_1198.aspx</link><pubDate>8/28/2007 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Statistics Commission submission to the Treasury Sub-Committee inquiry into the efficieny programme in the Chancellor's departments - sent on 29 April 2007 </title><description>TSC submission from the Statistics Commission, in preparation for inquiry into the efficieny savings programme in the Chancellor's departments.</description><link>http://www.statscom.org.uk/C_1170.aspx</link><pubDate>6/1/2007 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Statistics Commission's revised brief on the Statistics and Registration Service Bill</title><description>The Commission has revised its statement on the Statistics and Registration Service Bill, including some suggested amendments to clauses.</description><link>http://www.statscom.org.uk/C_1150.aspx</link><pubDate>3/20/2007 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Report of the Commission's expert seminar on the risks to the 2011 Census - 30 January 2007</title><description>A record of the Commission's seminar on the risks to the 2011 Census, held on 30 January 2007</description><link>http://www.statscom.org.uk/C_1121.aspx</link><pubDate>2/15/2007 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Commission issues additional briefing on the Statistics and Registration Service Bill</title><description>The Commission today publishes detailed amendments to the Bill, including suggestions to apply the Code to all official statistics.</description><link>http://www.statscom.org.uk/C_1107.aspx</link><pubDate>1/5/2007 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Commission comments on selected clauses from the Statistics and Registration Service Bill</title><description>Comments by the Statistics Commission on selected clauses from the Statistics and Registration Service Bill</description><link>http://www.statscom.org.uk/C_1104.aspx</link><pubDate>12/18/2006 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Commission Briefing - Statistics and Registration Service Bill (Part 1: The Statistics Board)</title><description>Statistics and Registration Service Bill - Part 1 - The Statistics Board - second reading (Monday, 8 January 2007)</description><link>http://www.statscom.org.uk/C_1101.aspx</link><pubDate>12/12/2006 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>