Office for National Statistics 2016/17 to 2019/20 Ben Whitestone Head of Integrated Planning Office for National Statistics January 2016

Overview What… The 2015 Spending Review for ONS ONS Transformation Plans Current Public Consultation Why… Engagement with users Mutual understanding Feedback

Health Warnings ONS not GSS May not have all the answers Plans are being developed and will change Consultation still open and decisions not yet made

Spending Review 2015 – Recycle to invest

Ramping up for the census

Why transform Maintain and Improve Outputs Policy and Decision Making Information Processes People Products/Services Customers Technology Organisation Maintain and Improve Outputs Policy and Decision Making Data Revolution = Expectations and Opportunities Resilience and High Performance systems, processes, skills and capability Channels Communicate Better Web and Data Access

ONS Transformation Digital Transformation (Website, System Development, Resilience, Agile) Data Collection Transformation (Online, Admin Data, Survey Rationalisation, Field Force Model) Census Transformation (Modern, Online, Admin Data) Economic Statistics Development (Legislative Compliance, Flow of Funds, Productivity, Economic Capability) Other projects (Migration, Crime, Devolution) + workforce transformation

2015/16 2020/21 Workforce Digital/ IT Data Collection Analytical Staff Transactional Staff Transactional Staff Digital/ IT Data Collection

Consultation on changes to ONS Products We have to reduce the costs of our core operations to allow for transformation – we see this as an existential issue for ONS. Changes outlined in the consultation represent only around 20% of the savings we need for next year. Majority of the savings will come from back office functions, process improvement and benefits from transformation.

1. Changes to publication model Replace some single source statistical bulletins with key bullets or shorter summary bulletins alongside the data tables and metadata. This means that we will provide less analysis around the statistics in some cases, but all of the same data, potentially quicker.

2. Changes to surveys Social Surveys: Business Surveys Wealth and Assets (sample size) International Passenger Survey (ports and shifts) Opinions and Lifestyle Survey (stop) Business Surveys Stop: Occupational Pensions Scheme Survey, Quarterly Stocks Survey Greater use of admin data: Retail Sales Inquiry (RSI), Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE), Monthly Business Survey (MBS) Reduce sample sizes and/or response rates for a number of surveys. Technical changes: validation rules and selective editing, rebalance the number of short and long questionnaires, the amount of data collected for PRODCOM.

3. Changes to frequency Would a reduction in the frequency of national and sub-national population projections cause a difficulty for your Department or organisation? Based on your understanding of the ONS statistics that you use, what would the impact be if we published some of our statistics less frequently?

4. Stopping lower value work We wish to regularly review our portfolio of statistics and analysis to ensure that they meet your needs and continue to provide the value we and you would expect. Are our non-statutory outputs essential, used widely and high impact?

Questions?