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StatsWales has since been shortlisted for an Analysis in Government award so definitely worth a watch!
gavinfreeguard.com Gavin Freeguard @gavinfreeguard.com · Dec 11
StatsWales... Statistics Code of Practice... Data for London Library... Census 2031...

November's Data Bites @publicdigital.bsky.social had something of a stats and data discovery theme

Catch up on it - video plus lots more detail from our speakers - here!

public.digital/pd-insights/...
Welsh Government chief statistician, Stephanie Howarth, speaks at Data Bites 60. She joined us virtually - she has a photo of Aberystwyth behind her (though she joined us from Cardiff), with a Welsh Government logo top right, 'data bites' top left, 'pd' bottom left, and the timer showing 07:36 bottom right Penny Babb from the Office for Statistics Regulation presents at Data Bites 60. She is stood behind a lectern and in front of a Data Bites banner (right hand side of image). I am sat down on the left hand side of the image. Between us is a big screen showing Penny's first slide, which reads 'Introducing The Code of Practice for Statistics' Martine Wauben from the Greater London Authority presents at Data Bites 60. She is stood behind a lectern (the top of which is just about visible) and in front of a banner reading 'public digital' at the top and 'data bites' further down Michelle Waters from the ONS presents at Data Bites 60. She is stood behind a lectern, the top of which is visible, and in front of the Data Bites banner.
December 12, 2025 at 3:05 PM
waterslee.bsky.social
StatsWales have released the finalised data for recent road casualties. These annual blocks from Oct to Sep show the casualty year on year variations.

There was a 26% reduction on urban/village roads following the 20mph national urban/default implementation in Sep 23 with 630 fewer casualties.
May 28, 2025 at 1:34 PM
20splenty.bsky.social
StatsWales have now released the finalised data for recent road casualties. These annual blocks from Oct to Sep show the casualty year on year variations. There was a 26% reduction on urban/village roads following the 20mph national urban/default implementation in Sep 23 with 630 fewer casualties.
May 28, 2025 at 10:24 AM
gavinfreeguard.com
The Chief Statistician of the Welsh Government on the new StatsWales!

The Office for Statistics Regulation on the new Code of Practice for Statistics!

@mhwauben.bsky.social on the Data for London Library!

ONS on Census 2031!

A great stats/data portal/library line-up - join us next Tuesday!
publicdigital.bsky.social Public Digital @publicdigital.bsky.social · Nov 7
Join us in person or online for Data Bites #60 on Tuesday 18 November at 6pm.

Our monthly events series spotlights the digital practitioners transforming how data is used to serve the public.

Check out this month's speakers and book your place:
public.digital/events/data-...
A laptop on a pink background. Text on the laptop screen reads: "Data Bites, 18 November 2025, 18:00 GMT".
November 13, 2025 at 2:21 PM
gavinfreeguard.com
All recently launched or relaunched:

StatsWales stats.gov.wales/en-GB

OSR Code of Practice code.statisticsauthority.gov.uk

GLA Data for London Library dfl.london.gov.uk

ONS Census 2031 consultation www.ons.gov.uk/census/about...

More at @publicdigital.bsky.social Data Bites on Tues 18 November!
gavinfreeguard.com Gavin Freeguard @gavinfreeguard.com · Nov 3
🚨 DATA BITES KLAXON 🚨

- Tues 18 Nov, 530 for 6pm
- Online & SW1
- Welsh Govt on StatsWales reimagined
- Office for Statistics Regulation on the new Code of Practice
- GLA on the Data for London Library
- ONS on Census 2031 topic consultation and user insight

Join us! public.digital/events/data-...
A photo from Data Bites 50 in November 2024, courtesy of Paul Clarke. Backs of audience heads are visible. On the right of the image, I'm sat at the front with a corner of screen visible. On the left is the iconic Data Bites countdown clock, displaying 04:34
November 3, 2025 at 3:30 PM
gavinfreeguard.com
A huge thank you to Steph, Penny, @mhwauben.bsky.social & Michelle for a pre-Christmas cracker of a Data Bites @publicdigital.bsky.social last night

Watch back bit.ly/databites60

& check out the new StatsWales, the new Stats Code of Practice, the Data for London Library & the Census consultation!
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bit.ly
November 19, 2025 at 11:49 AM
gavinfreeguard.com
A really useful newsletter, this

And if you'd like to learn more about the relaunched StatsWales, we have Stephanie Howarth, chief statistician of the Welsh Govt, talking about it at Data Bites in a couple of weeks public.digital/events/data-...
November 3, 2025 at 1:16 PM
gavinfreeguard.com
And join us on Tues 18 November for Data Bites #60, with:
- Welsh Govt chief statistician on StatsWales
- Office for Stats Regulation on new Code of Practice
- @mhwauben.bsky.social on Data for London Library
- ONS on Census 2031 consultation

public.digital/events/data-...
Data Bites #60 — Public Digital
public.digital
October 24, 2025 at 7:15 AM
mrdudders.bsky.social
Really pleased to see the Beta version of a new Stats Wales launch. Good stuff.

stats.gov.wales/en-GB
Find statistics and data about Wales | StatsWales
stats.gov.wales
September 30, 2025 at 9:51 AM
register-dynamics.co.uk
We are delighted to have worked with the #StatsWales publishing service (provided by the Welsh Government) with >1000 datasets from multiple public services. In this article by @owainjones64.bsky.social we share our findings about the #referencedata:
www.register-dynamics.co.uk/...
March 4, 2025 at 9:00 AM
From May.
www.rhyljournal.co.uk/news/2515788...
North Wales hospitals have worst A&E waiting times in the country, figures show
The latest figures from StatsWales, shows Betsi Cadwaladr to have the worst percentage of people seen in emergency departments within the four-hour…
www.rhyljournal.co.uk
July 24, 2025 at 3:24 PM
gavinfreeguard.com
🚨 THIS TIME NEXT WEEK 🚨

Come to @publicdigital.bsky.social Data Bites #60 (SW1/online) with:
- Steph Howarth (Chief Stat, Welsh Govt) on StatsWales
- Penny Babb (Office for Stats Regulation) on new Code
- @mhwauben.bsky.social (GLA) on Data for London Library
- Michelle Waters (ONS) on Census 2031
Data Bites #60 — Public Digital
public.digital
November 11, 2025 at 5:58 PM
gavinfreeguard.com
🚨 IN EIGHT MINUTES 🚨

It's Data Bites #60 @publicdigital.bsky.social

With... Welsh Govt (StatsWales)... Office for Stats Regulation (new Code)... Greater London Authority (data library)... ONS (Census)

Watch live, ask questions bit.ly/databites60

Full details public.digital/events/data-...
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bit.ly
November 18, 2025 at 5:52 PM
gavinfreeguard.com
🚨 DATA BITES KLAXON 🚨

- Tues 18 Nov, 530 for 6pm
- Online & SW1
- Welsh Govt on StatsWales reimagined
- Office for Statistics Regulation on the new Code of Practice
- GLA on the Data for London Library
- ONS on Census 2031 topic consultation and user insight

Join us! public.digital/events/data-...
A photo from Data Bites 50 in November 2024, courtesy of Paul Clarke. Backs of audience heads are visible. On the right of the image, I'm sat at the front with a corner of screen visible. On the left is the iconic Data Bites countdown clock, displaying 04:34
November 3, 2025 at 2:38 PM
gavinfreeguard.com
StatsWales... Statistics Code of Practice... Data for London Library... Census 2031...

November's Data Bites @publicdigital.bsky.social had something of a stats and data discovery theme

Catch up on it - video plus lots more detail from our speakers - here!

public.digital/pd-insights/...
Welsh Government chief statistician, Stephanie Howarth, speaks at Data Bites 60. She joined us virtually - she has a photo of Aberystwyth behind her (though she joined us from Cardiff), with a Welsh Government logo top right, 'data bites' top left, 'pd' bottom left, and the timer showing 07:36 bottom right Penny Babb from the Office for Statistics Regulation presents at Data Bites 60. She is stood behind a lectern and in front of a Data Bites banner (right hand side of image). I am sat down on the left hand side of the image. Between us is a big screen showing Penny's first slide, which reads 'Introducing The Code of Practice for Statistics' Martine Wauben from the Greater London Authority presents at Data Bites 60. She is stood behind a lectern (the top of which is just about visible) and in front of a banner reading 'public digital' at the top and 'data bites' further down Michelle Waters from the ONS presents at Data Bites 60. She is stood behind a lectern, the top of which is visible, and in front of the Data Bites banner.
December 11, 2025 at 1:37 PM
nwrich.bsky.social
Llais report reveals inconsistent access to Welsh language health and social care services is affecting people’s dignity, wellbeing and treatment –
www.llaiswales.org/news-and-rep...
Llais calls for action as new report reveals inconsistent access to Welsh language health and social care services is affecting people’s dignity, wellbeing and treatment | Llais
Er bod 27% o'r boblogaeth (828,000 o bobl) yn gallu siarad Cymraeg, mae data StatsWales o 2024 yn dangos mai dim ond 12.6% o feddygon teulu sy'n nodi sgiliau iaith Gymraeg uwch neu hyfedr. Mewn rhai b...
www.llaiswales.org
September 1, 2026 at 12:57 PM
hcargc.bsky.social
Adroddiad Llais yn datgelu bod mynediad anghyson at wasanaethau iechyd a gofal cymdeithasol yn y Gymraeg yn effeithio ar urddas, lles a thriniaeth pobl –

www.llaiscymru.org/newyddion-ac...
Mae Llais yn galw am weithredu wrth i adroddiad newydd ddatgelu bod mynediad anghyson at wasanaethau iechyd a gofal cymdeithasol yn y Gymraeg yn effeithio ar urddas, lles a thriniaeth pobl | Llais
Er bod 27% o'r boblogaeth (828,000 o bobl) yn gallu siarad Cymraeg, mae data StatsWales o 2024 yn dangos mai dim ond 12.6% o feddygon teulu sy'n nodi sgiliau iaith Gymraeg uwch neu hyfedr. Mewn rhai b...
www.llaiscymru.org
September 1, 2026 at 12:57 PM
perkinskeighley.bsky.social
A new report from Llais Cymru highlights a significant gap between the number of people who can speak Welsh & the availability of Welsh-language healthcare.

🔗 tinyurl.com/382577wz

🧵👇

#langsky #linguistics #language #healthcommunication #Welsh #Cymraeg
Llais calls for action as new report reveals inconsistent access to Welsh language health and social care services is affecting people’s dignity, wellbeing and treatment | Llais
Er bod 27% o'r boblogaeth (828,000 o bobl) yn gallu siarad Cymraeg, mae data StatsWales o 2024 yn dangos mai dim ond 12.6% o feddygon teulu sy'n nodi sgiliau iaith Gymraeg uwch neu hyfedr. Mewn rhai b...
tinyurl.com
August 26, 2026 at 3:06 PM
register-dynamics.co.uk
How do you evolve a national data platform that’s been in place for over a decade—while meeting the needs of today’s users?

That was the opportunity with StatsWales and the Welsh Government.

Read our case study
👉 www.register-dynamics.co.uk/case-studies...
StatsWales: Developing a public data sharing service — Register Dynamics - data focused technology consultancy based in the UK
WELSH GOVERNMENT
www.register-dynamics.co.uk
May 6, 2026 at 9:00 AM
register-dynamics.co.uk
💡Public sector data is powerful—but only if consistent and comparable.
We examined #StatsWales and found common dimensions like geography, age, or ethnicity are handled inconsistently across #datasets. Explore what we did:
www.register-dynamics.co.uk/blog/examini... 

#ReferenceData #OpenData
Examining reference data in the StatsWales publishing service — Register Dynamics - data focused technology consultancy based in the UK
Recently we have undertaken an examination of the potential for reference data within the StatsWales publishing service . This is a service provided by the Welsh Government where data from public sector organisations can be published for use by interested parties. It comprises over a thousand dat
www.register-dynamics.co.uk
April 1, 2026 at 10:09 AM
fandw.bsky.social
Fly-tipping in Wales is at a 10-year high with 42,171 incidents in 2023-2024, the latest StatsWales figures show
Fly-tipped asbestos in Newport dubbed Wales' 'fly-tipping capital'
Locals in some parts of Newport describe new rubbish appearing as soon as old waste is cleared.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
nation.cymru
If the next Welsh Government is serious about competence, and about the nation’s long-term path to self-determination, it must build a ‘Welsh Department of Information and Statistics’, which goes beyond the current best efforts of StatsWales✍️Simon Hobson
The missing numbers which hold back Wales
Simon Hobson Time-and-again in the Senedd, members struggle to place reliable numbers on subjects being debated. A case in point was a recent debate between Labour’s Eluned Morgan and Conservative…
wp.me
November 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
longtail-news.bsky.social
Feed: "Polimapper"
By: Pedro Sismeiro on Thursday, April 2, 2026
Senedd votes to pass homelessness law as Polimapper analysis shows pressure points
Wales maintains peak levels of households in temporary accommodation as Senedd votes unanimously to pass new homelessness law. In February 2026, the Senedd passed the Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) Bill, marking a shift toward early intervention and long-term residential stability. Following this legislative milestone, the latest statistical release from StatsWales confirmed that the […]
polimapper.co.uk
April 2, 2026 at 8:29 PM
longtail-news.bsky.social
Feed: "Digital and Data Blog"
By: Chief Statistican on Monday, March 9, 2026
Six months on: an update on the new StatsWales open data service
We’re now approaching six months since we launched the new StatsWales open data service, and it’s a good moment to share an update on how the service is progressing, the improvements we’ve made, an…
digitalanddata.blog.gov.wales
March 11, 2026 at 6:56 AM
longtail-news.bsky.social
Feed: "Digital and Data Blog"
By: Chief Statistican on Thursday, December 18, 2025
StatsWales: our first few months and what’s next
At the end of September, we launched the new StatsWales service – a big milestone in our work to make Welsh Government statistics easier to access and use. A few months on, we wanted to share an up…
digitalanddata.blog.gov.wales
December 19, 2025 at 1:37 PM