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
2013
Integrity of the public sector finances data: Financial Times, 28 February 2013
Deaths in hospital from dehydration: Sunday Times, 10 February 2013
Census data on languages spoken: Daily Express, 31 January 2013
Trade statistics: Financial Times, 29 January 2013
RPI consultation: Financial Times, 26 January 2013
2012
RPI consultation: Daily Telegraph, 27 December 2012
RPI consultation: Sunday Times, 11 November 2012
RPI consultation: Financial Times, 3 November 2012
GDP revisions: The Independent, 19 July 2012
International Passenger Survey: The Guardian website, 16 July 2012
House Price Index, The Times, 18 April 2012
Measuring National Well-being Programme: Financial Times, 10 March 2012
Measuring National Well-being Programme: The Independent, 5 March 2012
Healthcare productivity: The Lancet, 31 January 2012
Healthcare productivity: Daily Telegraph, Guardian and Daily Star, 13 February 2012
Deaths from bedsores: Daily Mail, 31 January 2012
Hospital deaths: Telegraph website, 23 January 2012
Hospital deaths: Daily Mail, January 2012
2011
Time use surveys: Daily Mail, September 2011
Consumer Price Indices: The Observer, 18 September 2011
Births inside and outside marriages and civil partnerships: Daily Mail, 24 August 2011
Non-UK born people in employment: Sunday Times, 14 August 2011
Economic Growth Estimates: Evening Standard, 19 July 2011
Construction output: Financial Times, 9 May 2011
GDP estimates: Sunday Times, 5 May 2011
Deaths from dehydration: Daily Mail, 31 January 2011
National well-being: Daily Mail website, 10 January 2011
2010
Public sector employment: Daily Mail, 22 October 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, 24 February 2010
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
MigrationWatch analysis: Daily Mail, 6 June 2008
Retail Sales figures: Financial Times, 16 May 2008
Closure of the Family Records Centre: Southport Visitor, 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
Average Earnings Index and Average Weekly Earnings: Financial Times, 31 May 2007
Registration Online: The Times, 3 May 2007
2006
The "real" rate of inflation: Daily Telegraph, 4 December 2006
