Code of Practice for Statistics

The Code of Practice for Statistics sets the standards that producers of official statistics should commit to. The Code benefits all of us, as users and citizens. Compliance with the Code gives you confidence that published government statistics have public value, are high quality, and are produced by people and organisations that are trustworthy.

On 5 May 2022, the Office for Statistics Regulation revised the Code of Practice for Statistics, to reflect two changes to release practices, T3.1 and T3.6 in principle T3: Orderly release. These changes follow a consultation on proposals to enable some greater flexibility on the timing of the release of official statistics, while the standard release time remains as 9.30am

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Code Consultation

The Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) is refreshing the Code of Practice for Statistics (the Code) to ensure it continues to meet the needs of its wide and evolving audience. 

Our consultation on proposed changes to the Code closed on 14 February 2025. We are now considering the responses, and will update this page in due course with our next steps. If you wish to contact us about the Code or our work on the refresh, please email [email protected]