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Ofqual's statistics: policies and procedures

Ofqual’s policies and procedures for producing official statistics and complying with the Code of Practice for Statistics.

• From: Ofqual
• Published: 14 February 2014
• Last updated: 17 December 2025
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  1. 17 December 2025

     Updated some policies in line with recent changes to the Code of Practice for Statistics.

  2. 30 October 2025

     All policies have been reviewed and updated.

  3. 8 March 2023

     Rounding policy has been updated.

  4. 27 April 2018

     Updated statistical policies docs added. Converted to HTML format where possible.

  5. 10 November 2016

     The policies and procedures have been reviewed and updated.

  6. 14 February 2014

     First published.

Applies to England

Documents

Statement of compliance with the Code of Practice for Statistics

Ref: Ofqual/25/7262/1

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Quality framework for statistical publications

Ref: Ofqual/25/7262/2

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Release practice policy for official statistics

Ref: Ofqual/18/6367/3

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Corrections and revisions policy for official statistics

Ref: Ofqual/18/6367/9

HTML

Pre-release policy for statistical publications

Ref: Ofqual/18/6367/2

HTML

Rounding policy for statistical publications

Ref: Ofqual/23/7015

HTML

Public involvement and engagement strategy

Ref: Ofqual/18/6367/10

HTML

Statement on administrative data sources

Ref: Ofqual/18/6367/1

HTML

Confidentiality and data management policy

Ref: Ofqual/18/6367/5

HTML

Details

For more information on Ofqual’s statistical releases, see our Statistics at Ofqual page.

For any queries relating to any of our statistics, or our policies and procedures for producing them, please contact data.analytics@ofqual.gov.uk.

Head of Profession for Statistics: Ben Cuff