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
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
