Security, Defence and International Relations
The Security, Defence and International Relations theme covers a range of defence and security statistics ranging from defence finance, export and import sales, and air passenger experience of security screening, to the manpower numbers and health of the Armed Forces. With regard to International Relations, the theme covers the breakdown of UK official aid flows from the Department for International Development (DFID) and other government departments and UK’s pledge to spend 0.7% of GDP on aid.
For the 2017-18 year, aside from the regular monitoring, we planned to conduct compliance checks on several Defence Official/National Statistics to help us and Ministry of Defence (MoD) ensure that the statistics maintained quality and value for the public domain. Three bulletins were reviewed in autumn: Monthly Service Personnel, Biannual Diversity, and Defence Departmental Resources. MoD should be commended on the presentation, clarity and quality of those statistics. For further information please refer to the published letters below. Throughout 2017-18, we are also working closely with DFID to support their increased understanding and use of the Code of Practice with the numerical information they produce.
Contact: Kimberly Cullen
Correspondence
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Further reply on aid funding statistics
20 April 2018
Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation to Matthew Rycroft, Department for International Development
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Reply on aid funding statistics
17 April 2018
Matthew Rycroft, Department for International Development to Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation
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Response concerning aid funding news release
12 April 2018
Sir David Norgrove, UK Statistics Authority to Lloyd Russell-Moyle MP, House of Commons
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Response regarding aid funding news release
12 April 2018
Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation to Matthew Rycroft, Department for International Development
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UK Armed Forces Resources statistics
19 December 2017
Mark Pont, Office for Statistics Regulation to Tony O'Connor, Ministry of Defence
Publications
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Letter of Confirmation as National Statistics – Assessment Report 315
9 March 2016
Published in: Correspondence
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Statistics on International Development
1 October 2015
Published in: Assessment Report
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Statistics from the Armed Forces Continuous Attitudes Survey: Letter of Confirmation as National Statistics
3 June 2013
Published in: Correspondence
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Statistics on Defence Inflation: Letter of Confirmation as National Statistics
1 November 2012
Published in: Correspondence
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UK Defence Statistics Compendium: Letter of Confirmation as National Statistics
7 June 2012
Published in: Correspondence
News & Events
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