The Office for National Statistics (ONS) delivers statistics and analysis that are most relevant to our users and have the greatest impact for the public good. We are proud of our role delivering trusted, independent and high-quality statistics to inform decision making and public debate.
To enable us to continue to meet changing user needs in a sustainable way, we regularly review our schedule of statistics and analysis and our change programmes. As part of this we listen to users' priorities, such as at the UK Statistics Assembly in January 2025, and through our regular programme of user engagement and consultations. Our most recent review was conducted in early 2025 following confirmation of our 2025/26 funding position, which has informed the ONS Strategic Business Plan for 2025 to 2026.
For our regular schedule of outputs, our focus will be delivering our core statistical outputs on prices, gross domestic product (GDP), employment, and population (including births, deaths, and migration). We will also continue providing responsive analysis that directly addresses evidence gaps and policy priorities, including the missions introduced by the Government. We will produce critical statistics where the ONS is uniquely positioned to deliver, such as on public sector finances and crime.
We will focus more resources on increasing survey participation, and continue work to make greater use of existing and new data sources to produce more frequent and granular statistics. We will continue vital transformation work in areas such as the labour market and prices, and make a recommendation on the future of population and migration statistics.
We will also continue investing in modernising our processes and systems that underpin the production of quality statistics. We will extend the use and functionality available from the Integrated Data Service and continue to enhance our linked data capabilities that result in faster, evidence-based decisions across government.
In line with other organisations, the ONS continues to operate in a constrained financial environment and we need to manage our resources accordingly. We will continue to be innovative in how we deliver, including making effective use of technological advances to drive efficiencies. However, trade-offs are required that will impact the format, frequency or level of accompanying detail of some of our statistical outputs so that we can continue to deliver to a high quality. We will also be stopping or slowing some of our planned investments and outputs.
We will continue to engage our users at a strategic and operational level on our programme of outputs and activities, to discuss and identify changing priorities and needs.