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In October, the Cabinet Minister for Health and Care announced a change to the way waiting times are measured for some patients attending emergency departments in Wales. This change affects the official statistics used to monitor emergency department performance.
In this update, we explain what has changed, the expected impact on published statistics, and the implications for comparisons over time and with other UK countries.
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The Office for National Statistics (ONS) published its latest population estimates for Wales and England today. In our summary, it shows that the population of Wales is estimated to have decreased slightly from 2024 to 2025, by 0.1%, or by roughly 2,800 people.
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In our previous blog on understanding road collision and casualty statistics, we described changes to how injury severity is recorded by police forces across Great Britain. We also committed to reviewing how these changes affect our statistics.
This blog provides further information on the changes to injury severity reporting, the expected impacts and adjustments needed, and our plans for communicating these changes to users.
Continue readingA post introducing the new Wales National Travel Survey and its preliminary 6 month headline results, by the Statistics Team, Transport for Wales.
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Continue readingWe have previously published a Chief Statistician’s blog providing advice on the quality of statistics derived from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) and another highlighting improvements introduced to labour market estimates and the impacts these changes had on the reliability of labour market statistics in Wales.
Today, following continued interventions from the ONS to increase the quality of the LFS, we discuss how these developments have impacted labour market statistics for Wales and the approach we continue to recommend in order to provide a robust and timely picture of the Welsh labour market.
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Continue readingA joint blog from Glyn Jones, Chief Digital Officer, Welsh Government, and Harriet Green and Myra Hunt, joint CEO, Centre for Digital Public Services
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From 1 April, the Centre for Digital Public Services (CDPS) will transfer into the Welsh Government, becoming part of a new Digital Public Services Wales Directorate.
Continue readingEach spring we publish data on people in Wales living in relative income poverty. These figures are based on data from the Department for Work and Pensions’ (DWP) Family Resources Survey (FRS). This survey is the main source of data for household income and poverty in the UK.
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Continue readingWe’re now approaching six months since we launched the new StatsWales open data service, and it’s a good moment to share an update on how the service is progressing, the improvements we’ve made, and what comes next.
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Continue reading[Note: Estimates of Additional housing need was revised 05 August. Changes to any figures have been marked with an (r).]
Gaining a clear understanding of the extent of housing need in Wales is essential for shaping the future of our homes and communities.
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Continue readingAt the end of September, we launched the new StatsWales service – a big milestone in our work to make Welsh Government statistics easier to access and use. A few months on, we wanted to share an update on how things are going, what we’ve learned, and what’s coming next.
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