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Defra group statistics quality statement

Defra group statistics quality statement

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Why is quality important

Quality is important to:

  • Establish Trust and Confidence - in the knowledge that statistics are produced to a high standard

  • Provide Robust Evidence - underpins and enhances decision making.

Definition

The routes of the definition of quality are:

  • The definition of quality for Official Statistics agreed by the Government Statistical Service (GSS) is “fitness for purpose”

  • Statistical quality is defined as meeting users’ needs with particular reference to the Relevance, Accuracy, Timeliness, Accessibility, Comparability and Coherence of the statistics collected, analysed and reported.

Scope

Covers all statistics produced across the Defra group.

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Updates to this page

Published 6 August 2020

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