Consultation on proposed changes to The Planning Inspectorate official statistics publications - GOV.UK Cookies on GOV.UK We use some essential cookies to make this website work. We’d like to set additional cookies to understand how you use GOV.UK, remember your settings and improve government services. We also use cookies set by other sites to help us deliver content from their services. You have accepted additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time. You have rejected additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time. View cookies Consultation outcome Consultation on proposed changes to The Planning Inspectorate official statistics publications From: Planning Inspectorate Published 22 August 2024 11 October 2024 See all updates Applies to England This consultation has concluded Detail of outcome Monthly Statistical Release The monthly publication of these statistics will stop as proposed. The expanded quarterly publication will be issued on 24 October 2024 and subsequent releases will continue on a quarterly basis thereafter. Staff Diversity Official Statistics The existing Official Statistics publication will stop. The Inspectorate will begin annual publication of a set of tables containing staff diversity data. The first of these is provisionally scheduled for 12 December 2024. The content and timing of these may change over time, influenced by changes in reporting standards or public interest. Detail of feedback received We received two responses to this consultation. One response was from a member of the public giving full support for all the proposed changes. The other response was from a District Council. This opposed the proposal to stop publishing the diversity statistics entirely and communicated that there may be an alternative that allowed the Inspectorate to reduce the administrative burden of producing the current publication while still maintaining transparency by releasing data relating to gender, ethnicity and disability of staff. Summary The Planning Inspectorate is committed to publishing statistics in which the public finds trust, quality, and value. This consultation ran from 10am on 22 August 2024 to 11:59pm on 19 September 2024 Consultation description This consultation has now closed. Below you can view our proposal, as published 19 September 2024, and the outcome of the consultation. Background The Planning Inspectorate is committed to publishing statistics in which the public finds trust, quality, and value. We are considering making changes to our current Official Statistics in support of this and would like to make sure that the changes that we make, are the right ones. We want to make sure that the statistical publications that we produce are providing value for users and any that are not, are appropriately removed or reduced. We would like to be able to devote more time to assuring the quality and increasing the value of these outputs in the future, which may include expanding what we publish to meet more of our users’ needs. Proposed Changes Monthly Statistical Release Planning Inspectorate statistical release 20 June 2024 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) We propose that this publication, which is currently monthly, becomes quarterly. We currently publish an expanded bulletin and additional tables and charts in April, July, October, and January each year. These quarterly publications would be unaffected, but the shorter bulletins published in the other months (and their accompanying charts and tables) would stop. We believe quarterly publications provide a better indicator of performance and are less affected by temporary fluctuations than monthly releases. We believe users will be able to more accurately understand our performance through quarterly releases. Staff Diversity Official Statistics Planning Inspectorate Staff Diversity Statistics 14 September 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) We propose to stop publishing the annual Staff Diversity Official Statistics. There would be no further publication. The statistics are not part of statutory reporting requirements. Data shows these statistics are very seldom accessed, leading us to believe we could better deploy our resources and provide better value for our customers. The Planning Inspectorate would continue to submit gender Pay Gap statistics, produced as part of the Annual Civil Service Employment Survey and published by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, and follow any changes in reporting standards in the future. Feedback We thank those who took the time to respond to this consultation. We continue to welcome feedback and suggestions in relation to any of our data and statistics releases. This can be sent to statistics@planninginspectorate.gov.uk Share this page The following links open in a new tab Share on (opens in new tab) Share on (opens in new tab) Updates to this page Published 22 August 2024 show all updates 11 October 2024 Updated to include outcome of consultation. 22 August 2024 First published. Sign up for emails or print this page Is this page useful? Maybe Thank you for your feedback Help us improve GOV.UK To help us improve GOV.UK, we’d like to know more about your visit today. 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