Relevance is the degree to which a statistical product meets user needs in terms of content and coverage.
For more background to these statistics, the surveys and information on how these statistics are produced please see the National Travel Survey technical note and the Active Lives Survey technical note. Together these statistics provide an annual snapshot of the journeys that are walked and cycled in England and the demographics of the people making those journeys. Walking and cycling statistics are estimated by looking at 2 main data sources: These statistics are published as Official Statistics. This report highlights some of the quality aspects of the NTS and ALS data used, such as response rates, and quality control measures.Īs a result, this document helps to demonstrate how the department complies with the Code of Practice for Statistics. The purpose of this document is to provide users of statistics with information on the quality of outputs in respect to different aspects of statistical quality.
