Letters to the press
Letters to the press
On this page are links to letters written to publications correcting inaccuracies or common misconceptions about the Office for National Statistics and its work.
The letters cover the period from the beginning of 2006 to the present day.
For more information, please contact us at info@ons.gsi.gov.uk
Issue date: 01 April 2008
Type: Letter to the Press
2010
Public sector earnings, Daily Mail 18 June 2010
Revisions to the population estimates, Daily Telegraph 14 May 2010
Preliminary estimate of GDP no ‘guesstimate’: Evening Standard, 23 February 2010
Unemployment figures, The Times
Retail sales figures: The Independent, 20 February 2010
2009
Preliminary estimate of GDP: The Times, 30 October 2009
Baby Names: Daily Mail, 10 September 2009
Public sector finances: Financial Times, 8 July 2009
Measurement of inflation: Financial Times, 27 June 2009
2008
Retail Sales: Independent on Sunday, 19 October 2008
Retail Sales: The Times, 17 October 2008
Centenarians: Daily Mail, 1 October 2008
Retail Sales: The Independent, 29 August 2008
Older workers: Daily Express, 25 August 2008
Retail Sales figures: Daily Telegraph, 20 June 2008
Retail Sales figures: Financial Times, 16 May 2008
Closure of the Family Records Centre: Southport Visiter, 14 March 2008
Inflation figures: Daily Mail, 10 January 2008
2007
Birth certificates: Mail on Sunday, 23 August 2007
Ordering certificates on the Internet: The Times, 16 August 2007
The Average Earnings Index and Average Weekly Earnings: Financial Times, 31 May 2007
Registration Online: The Times, 3 May 2007
Migration statistics: The Observer, 29 April 2007
2006
The "real" rate of inflation: Daily Telegraph, 4 December 2006
Survey confidentiality: Daily Telegraph, 10 August 2006
Health Service productivity: Letter to the Economist, 8 March 06
