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This policy sets out the procedures to follow when recruiting for the Government Statistician Group (GSG).
Learn more on Recruitment policy for the Government Statistician Group (GSG)This guidance contains information on the badging process for new entrants into the GSG. It covers GSG level transfers within the same department and between different departments. Plus, how long you can work outside the GSG before re-entry is required and how to keep your GSG membership while working outside of the profession.
Learn more on Badging, level transfer and returning to the Government Statistician Group (GSG)This guidance aims to help policy professionals work effectively with statisticians and analysts across government.
Learn more on Advice for policy professionals using statistics and analysisThis guidance is designed to assist producers of statistics with accessing and using weather and climate data in statistical analysis.
Learn more on Using weather and climate data in statistical analysisThis policy provides information on: accurately and consistently referencing statistics geographically, maximising the comparability of statistics, minimising the impact of changing area boundaries on statistical outputs, standardising how geography is defined, used and presented and meeting legal requirements to safeguard the confidentiality of statistics.
Learn more on Geography policy for the Government Statistical Service (GSS)This policy sets out the standards for coding and naming UK statistical geographies.
Learn more on Coding and naming United Kingdom statistical geographiesThis guidance is based on statistical disclosure standards from the Office for National Statistics that set out minimum requirements to ensureconfidentiality of tables for public release.
Learn more on Disclosure control for tables produced from surveysThis guidance is based on statistical disclosure standards from the Office for National Statistics that set out minimum requirements to ensure confidentiality of tables for public release.
Learn more on Disclosure control for tables produced from administrative sourcesThis guidance provides tools and advice to support producers of statistics when they are assessing the quality of their data sources.
Learn more on Quality Assurance of Administrative Data (QAAD)This guidance is based on statistical disclosure standards from the Office for National Statistics that set out minimum requirements to ensure confidentiality of tables for public release. This document is specific to the release of microdata (record level data with each row usually defining characteristics of an individual or household) and will be of particular interest to researchers who require access to record level data along with survey managers who produce microdata.
Learn more on Disclosure control for microdata produced from social surveys