ORR compliance with the Code of Practice for Statistics
Our statistical practice is regulated by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR). OSR sets the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics that all producers of official statistics should adhere to. You are welcome to contact us directly with any comments about how we meet these standards by emailing rail.stats@orr.gov.uk. Alternatively, you can contact OSR by emailing regulation@statistics.gov.uk or via the OSR website.
The majority of our statistical releases were independently reviewed by the OSR in June 2012. They comply with the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics and should be labelled ‘accredited official statistics’ (called ‘National Statistics’ in the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007).
Since our review we have improved the content, presentation and quality of our statistical releases. In addition, in July 2019 we launched our new data portal. Therefore, in late 2019 we worked with the OSR to conduct a compliance check to ensure we are still meeting the standards of the Code. On 4 November 2019, OSR published a letter confirming that ORR’s statistics should continue to be accredited official statistics. OSR found many positive aspects in the way that we produce and present our statistics and welcomed the range of improvements made since the statistics were last assessed.
Estimates of Station Usage statistics were independently reviewed by OSR in November 2020 and their accreditation was confirmed on 1 December 2020.
The statements below show how we adhere to the Code.
- Statement of compliance with the code of practice for statistics
- Statement on user engagement
- Statement on data governance and confidentiality
- Statement on orderly release and revisions policy
If you have any feedback or questions please email rail.stats@orr.gov.uk.