Welcome to our dedicated consultation and participation area.
Here you can take part in consultations, user engagements, and other participation activities. Sharing your views helps ensure our statistics reflect society, continue to be relevant, and meet users’ needs.
You can find our open and closed participation activities below, or search for a consultation or user engagement activity by keyword or interest. You can also read our responses to closed participation activities by visiting Our response to your feedback.
You can find out more about how we manage your data in our privacy policy.
Thank you for getting involved. Giving your views helps us produce better statistics for the public good.
If you have any questions or comments on the participation activities, please contact the address listed in the overview section of an activity, or external.affairs@ons.gov.uk.
Open participation activities
User feedback on ONS survey sample and response tracker prototype
At the Office for National Statistics (ONS), we published a prototype survey sample and response tracker on 20 May 2026 to improve transparency on the operational performance of our surveys. We want to hear your thoughts and feedback on the approach, measures, and presentation of information in this prototype tracker, to help shape future developments. We welcome responses from anyone with an interest in ONS surveys. Your feedback will help us to ensure that the information presented in the...
Household, Socioeconomic and Local (HSL) feedback survey of local government users of the Labour Force Survey (LFS) and Annual Population Survey (APS)
Welcome and thank you for taking part in this feedback exercise. The exercise is live for seven weeks, from 17 August until midnight on 2 October 2026. We are gathering insights on how local government use the Labour Force Survey (LFS) and Annual Population Survey (APS), including the data and outputs you rely on for your statutory reporting requirements. Your input is important to us as it will help us understand current usage, identify your needs, and assess any potential issues...
User needs of Country and Regional Public Sector Finances statistics
Country and Regional Public Sector Finances (CRPSF) is an annual publication providing estimates of public sector revenue, expenditure and net fiscal balance across the UK countries and regions. As part of our commitment to continuous improvement and compliance with the Code of Practice for Statistics, we are reviewing whether the publication continues to meet user needs. We would like to hear how you use CRPSF statistics, which outputs and data are most valuable to you, and...
Our response to your feedback
Find out more about what we’ve heard and how that can help inform future plans.
Future of population and migration statistics
On 17 June 2025 the UK Statistics Authority (the Authority), on the advice of the Acting National Statistician, made a recommendation to government on the future of population and migration statistics in England and Wales.
Stakeholder satisfaction survey
We have now published the results of our latest stakeholder satisfaction survey. Our findings show that 86% of respondents said our statistical topics fully or partially met their needs. The survey also highlighted area for development, including improved website usability and clearer communication, earlier involvement and more consistent follow-up.
Admin-based population estimates
We have now published an update to our user engagement. We plan to enhance our publications by refining statistical bulletins with a greater focus on local-level changes, developing impoved visualisation tools for comparing areas, and creating better signposting to quality and methods information.
Closed participation activities
User feedback on domestic abuse statistics
To ensure our statistics on domestic abuse continue to provide the most accurate information and meet the needs of users, we added new survey questions to the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) in April 2025. The new questions enable us to produce domestic abuse measures (abuse scales) that account for both abusive behaviours experienced and the impacts of those behaviours. Alongside our Redevelopment of domestic abuse...
Standard Occupational Classification 2020 (SOC2020) revision consultation
SOC is a coding framework used to classify people’s occupations within the UK. It assigns all jobs a four-digit code, which is based on the skills and qualifications needed for the job. It is used by the ONS in the UK census and in the production of labour market statistics, as well as being used by other government agencies for their own purposes. For example, UK Visas and Immigration use SOC to grant Skilled Worker visas according to occupational shortages within the UK. Due...
ONS Business Engagement Survey
At the Office for National Statistics (ONS), we are committed to delivering business surveys that provide trustworthy, independent, high-quality statistics to underpin the UK’s most critical economic and societal decisions and inform the public. We are undertaking a programme of continuous improvement to improve the business survey respondent experience. This includes moving more of our surveys online, exploring the use of alternate data sources and working with businesses to...
Past participation activities
Participation activities held before November 2016 can be found on the National Archives.