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Who we are and what we do
| Location of all ONS offices |
| Contact details |
| Organisation chart |
| Details of the legislation relevant to the governance of ONS |
| What we do |
| Recruitment information |
What we spend and how we spend it
| Annual report and accounts |
| Details of how ONS is funded |
Our statistics
| How they are produced |
| What are they used for |
| The value of statistics to society |
Consultations
| Open and recent consultations (2011-12) |
| User groups |
Our policies and procedures
| Our strategies and policies |
The services we offer
| Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) commissioned ad hoc data (28.5 Kb Pdf) | In addition to the tables prepared for the standard outputs from ASHE, bespoke analyses may be commissioned independently, for a fee.
For further information, please contact earnings@ons.gsi.gov.uk |
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Search ONS's publications and published data by theme and sub-group theme. |
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Non-disclosive datasets can be commissioned and created for a fee. For further information, please contact the statistician at the Commissioned services link or the ONS Customer Contact Centre. |
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Census commissioned tables (25.4 Kb Pdf) |
In addition to the tables prepared for the standard outputs from the 2011 Census. tables may be independently commissioned when customer requirements are not met by data available in the published tables, for a fee.
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| Ad hoc data |
Links to ONS additional statistical data and analyses, by theme, that have not been included in our standard publications but which are available either by link or by request: |
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If the information is not available from any of the routes listed above then you are entitled to make an FOI request. |
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ONS has a number of datasets that underpin its work; these are not published as a matter of course but are available directly from the business area. |
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ONS provides a range of services through which customers can apply to gain access to these data. Access to microdata and disclosive data (data which has the potential to identify an individual) requires the approval of the ONS Microdata Release Procedure (MRP) before the data can be provided |
Commissioned Services
| National Statistics Postcode Products |
The ONS Postcode Directory (ONSPD) is a key ONS Geography product and is used by a variety of customers, including central and local government, private industry and academia. It links all current and terminated UK postcodes to the administrative, health and other geographic areas in which each postcode falls. The National Statistics Postcode Look-up (NSPL) should be used by producers of National Statistics to allocate their source statistics at postcode level to a wide range of higher geographies. The NSPL does this by allocating UK postcodes to Output Areas (OA). These OAs are then referenced to a wide range of higher geographies, for example local authorities, by a best-fit methodology that uses 2001 Census population data. The data is supplied free of charge under Open Government Licence terms (plus Land & Property Services end user licensing covering NI data). Where Data is currently supplied via CD / DVD the ONS corporate charge to supply this media type applies. |
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Written requests
Information held by a public authority that is not published under this scheme can be requested in writing, when its provision will be considered in accordance with the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act.
Freedom of Information requests and contact details
FOI Team
Room 1400
Office for National Statistics
Segensworth Road
Titchfield
Hampshire PO15 5RR
