ONS

abbreviation for

1. Office for National Statistics

Example Sentences

The ONS ran a regular survey through the pandemic: testing randomly chosen people in order to estimate the number of people who had the virus.

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This is based on the ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021, and vaccine data from up to 7 May in Scotland and 5 May for the other UK nations.

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There were more than 50,000 incidents of knife crime recorded in 2023-2024, an increase of 4% on the previous year, according to the latest ONS figures.

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But the ONS's Labour Force Survey, which produces the data on jobs in the UK, has had a smaller number of respondents over the past year than normal, prompting concerns over its reliability.

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Liz McKeown, director of economic statistics at the ONS, pointed out that the total still remains a little above pre-pandemic levels.

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