Ofcom has supplied a public interest report to the Secretary of State assessing the previously anticipated January 2024 acquisition of Telegraph Media Group Holdings by RB Investco Limited, focusing on media plurality and related public interest issues.
Evaluation
A list of research publications that have used the GRADE dataset — the data-sharing collaboration between Ofqual, UCAS and the Department for Education — is published to show outputs drawing on England’s grading and admissions data.
Links victim records from two of the three rape crisis centres in the Synergy Essex Partnership with police data to examine overlaps and information sharing between services for sexual violence victims; scope and key findings are not given in the blurb.
Mixed methods
Defra has issued a statement confirming the voluntary application of the Code of Practice for Statistics to its international indicator results, explaining governance and quality assurances for those statistics.
The HM Treasury release details movements in the UK government’s official international reserves for September 2026, covering holdings of gold and other reserve assets and reporting month‑on‑month changes in totals.
HMRC (research) provides local reference rent (LRR) levels for England, broken down by broad rental market area and number of rooms, with figures for September 2026 to guide housing benefit and rent benchmarking.
Laboratory‑confirmed measles cases, notifications in England and deaths for England and Wales are compiled historically, providing time series on confirmed infections, notifications and mortality from measles over previous years.
Collects special feature articles from the September 2026 Energy Trends bulletin, analysing contemporary UK energy issues and providing statistical context and commentary for policymakers and sector analysts.
A central hub listing the Department for Education’s current research priorities, ongoing studies and datasets available for download, covering topics the department is investigating and resources researchers can access to inform policy and analysis.
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Overview of the Home Office’s investment in research, development and analysis intended to improve departmental decision-making, delivery and evidence use across immigration, policing and security policy areas.
Dataset of ambient (background) gamma radiation dose rates across the UK, collected from fixed and mobile monitors and published to provide measured background gamma dose rates by location.
Describes the quality assurance and methodological approaches behind the government’s trade and investment factsheets, explaining data sources, definitions, limitations and how statistics are produced and validated for those publications.