Review of Home Office publications of Control of Immigration Statistics - Implementation Plan


The response to the National Statistics Quality Review of the Home Office’s publications under the theme of “Control of Immigration Statistics: United Kingdom” is published today. The review of “Control of Immigration Statistics: United Kingdom” final report was published on 22nd August 2006. The review was undertaken by Denis Allnutt, former Head of Research & Statistics in DfES.

The review made eleven recommendations, with priority, in terms of importance, though not necessarily speed of implementation, being given to the first five of these. Large parts of the review will inform the Reform Action Plan to improve the quality of Home Office information. The response details both actions already under way and those planned for the future to implement the eleven recommendations of the review, with priority being given to the first five as suggested by the report. It should be noted that many of the recommendations are dependent on bids for additional resources and at present no final decisions have been made on the availability of these resources.