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The article reports on the proposal of Great Britain's Statistics Authority for the Census in Wales and England in March 2011. The proposal will be presented to the Parliament and the National Assembly for Wales in a Government White Paper on December 11, 2009. The content of the Census 2011 has been driven primarily by the requirements and demands of the wide range Census users and the evaluation of the 2001 Census. It cites several proposed questions for the 2011 Census including religion, language and general health.

In this article the author discusses the ways that statistics are often misused by governments and large businesses to support their causes or arguments. The author is supportive of agencies such as Radical Statistics and Great Britain's Statistics Authority, which attempt to ensure that statistics are accurate when they are released to consumers. He is critical of society's willingness to believe statistics without questioning them and of the ways that statistics are produced.

The author discusses the economic aspects of double digit price inflation in context of figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), an executive office of British Statistics Authority. Topics discussed include high pay rise in comparison of rate of inflation, opportunity for private housing growth and decrease in consumer price inflation. Also mentioned is the investments made by manufacturers to deal with underinvestment during depression.

The article offers world news briefs related to statistics as of December 2013. Terry Speed, an Australian statistician, has been awarded the Prime Minister's Prize of Australia for his work on microarrays. The British Statistics Authority ensures proper treatment of statistics by ministers in their public procurements. A study by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NIHCE) reveals that 82 percent of 35–39-year-old women conceiving within a year of marriage.

The article reports on the plan of Ed Humpherson of the British Statistics Authority to improve regulation and promote professional excellence. Humpherson cites the important role played by statistics in the debate over Brexit. He also mentions the possibility of making statistics easier to understand and more meaningful for the general public.

As the UK statistics watchdog celebrates its tenth anniversary, Brian Tarran meets Sir David Norgrove and Ed Humpherson to take stock of the past decade and reflect on the tasks ahead [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the British Association of Colleges' (AoC) request that the UK (United Kingdom) Statistics Authority review post-16 league performance statistics tables used to compare colleges in Great Britain as of March 1, 2013. Topics addressed include difficulties interpreting the statistics, and potential biases towards certain types of colleges.

The article discusses the use of problematic statistics by Great Britain's education secretary Michael Gove to justify education reforms. It addresses how Great Britain's Statistics Authority has censured the Department for Education (DfE) for using questionable statistics about Great Britain's international education rankings from the Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa).

The article offers information on the "Beyond 2011" program of the Office for National Statistics (ONS) in Great Britain. It notes that the program considers methods ranging from traditional census to techniques which depend upon reusing information that is already collected from the public. It states that the Statistics Authority and the Parliament will release the reports of Beyond 2011. It mentions that the program will combine public records and surveys.

The article reports on the second annual report to the British Statistics Authority released by the Consumers Prices Advisory Committee (CPAC) on November 3, 2010. A summary of the work of CPAC over the previous year and recommendations are included in the report, such as the development of owner occupiers' housing costs by Great Britain's Office for National Statistics, developmental work to improve net acquisitions and rental equivalence, and development of an expanded consumer price index.

Information on an opening meeting held at the Royal Statistical Society in Great Britain on April 22, 2009 is presented. The meeting discussed several topics including internal migration, the measurement of immigration and the difficulty experienced by academics in accessing micro-data on immigration for research. The article reveals that all aspects of the discussions will be used by the Statistics Authority in preparing its final report on migration statistics.

The article announces the publication of the report "Eye Care Service in Wales," produced by the Welsh government and approved by the British Statistics Authority, which provides statistics on additional parts of this service during a 12-month period ending December 31, 2012.

The article reports on the assessments of multiple deprivation indices conducted by the Statistics Authority in Great Britain. The indices include the Code of Practice for Official Statistics of the Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation, the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation and the Northern Ireland Multiple Deprivation Measure. The goal of the assessments is outlined which aims to determine the compliance of the statistics with the Code.

The article reports that the British Statistics Authority has endorsed the Consumer Prices Advisory Committee's (CPAC) proposal to change the method used in measuring seasonal items within the Consumer Prices Index and Retail Prices Index. According to CPAC, an imputation based approach should be used to replace the current method which involves carrying the last collected price forward each month when the item is out of season. A decision will be made after a consultation with the Bank of England.

The article reports that the British Statistics Authority has implemented the use of Average Effective Rate (AER) in the calculation of mortgage interest payments in the Retail Prices Index (RPI) based on the recommendation of the Consumer Prices Advisory Committee.

The article reports that the Statistics Authority is working on a monitoring review entitled "Strengthening the User Voice," which is chaired by Professor Sir Roger Jowell in Great Britain.

The article reports that Great Britain has created the U.K. Statistics Authority to double check published statistics in the country.

The article reports that Great Britain's Statistics Authority endorsed a recommendation from the Consumer Prices Advisory Committee (CPAC) to update the system used to measure interest rates in the calculation of mortgage interest payments in the retail price index (RPI) from the standard variable rate (SVR) to an average effective rate (AER).

The article focuses on the highlights of a speech delivered by the British Statistics Authority chairman Sir Michael Scholar at the annual Royal Statistical Society conference in Edinburgh, Scotland on September 10, 2009. The topics he discussed include the importance of engaging with user in statistics and the role of the statistics authority in pursuing the cause of statisticians. Furthermore, he reiterated his desire to abolish all access to pre-release for government ministers and their advisers.

The article focuses on the report Migration Statistics: The Way Ahead published by the Statistics Authority of Great Britain. The report deals with the progress made in the aim of improving official migration statistics. The report states that much useful work is being done by the cross-government Improvement Programme in delivering specific improvements in the short to medium term. Recommendations by the Authority for the programme are given, one of which is to release information on how e-Borders data can be used to estimate migration statistics.

The article discusses the release of a new Code of Practice for Official Statistics published by Great Britain's Statistics Authority.

The article reports on how the British National Health Service (NHS) disseminated the story on the huge increase of prescription items from 2000 to 2010. According to a document released by the NHS, average net cost of the ingredients per prescription item fell during the period. The NHS Information Centre, in compliance with UK Statistcs Authority regulations, released a press release on July 27, 2011, which was substantially covered by major newspapers.