On 7 May we gained agreement from the UK Statistics Authority for accessing our Secure Lab from home for selected projects using ONS Secure Access data. This necessitates tighter restrictions and requires a separate application process.
The measures mitigate against the additional risks posed by people working outside their institutional environment and provide assurance to data owners. This applies only to the current temporary lockdown period where users are unable to travel to their work site.
Users of ONS data will need to submit an application for temporary home-working access for each project (Step 1). Requests will be considered regularly by ONS and the secretariat of the Research Accreditation Panel (RAP). Each application will need to demonstrate how it is meeting both sets of criteria around the A. Purpose of project and B. Urgency and timescales.
Once the application for home-working has been approved, users need to compile evidence and then complete an additional agreement for ONS home working (Steps 2 and 3). Not only must evidence be supplied around technical set ups, but the machine used at home (used to remotely connect to the user's UK Data Service approved work machine) must be organisational/institutionally provided. At present, there are no alternatives other than users going to their workplace to access their computers as usual.
The ONS datasets are listed below. Use of data from home not listed below will constitute a breach of the agreement.
Users who breach the agreement will face a ban for a minimum of six months from using any data provided by the UK Data Service.
Important note: The home working agreement should not be used for any project using non-ONS Secure Access data in the Secure Lab. This has a separate access protocol see: Secure Access additional agreement: COVID-19 temporary home-working (Non-ONS data).
Instructions:
1. Submit temporary home-working access project proposals to ONS via research.support@ons.gov.uk using this form.
2. Start to prepare evidence listed:
- screenshots of the following from your home device:
- a description and evidence of your approved VPN, provided by your institution’s IT support department - this must include type of VPN; authentication technology used; what kind of measures are in place to prevent and detect unauthorised access attempts, and what measures are in place to check compliance of endpoints connecting to the VPN.
- written confirmation from your IT support department that any information security incidents involving your actions, the VPN, or your office or home PC will be reported to the UK Data Service.
- screenshots of the operating system and antivirus update status of your device that verify the device is receiving regular updates.
3. Only when 1. is approved and 2. is ready to submit, should you then complete the Secure Access additional agreement: COVID-19 temporary home working for ONS data.
4. Submit evidence from Step 2 to secureforms@ukdataservice.ac.uk
| UK Statistics Authority agreement for Secure Lab access to ONS data |
Study number (SN) |
Study |
| Office for National Statistics (ONS) |
6644 |
Annual Respondents Database, 1973-2008: Secure Access
|
|
6664 |
Annual Inquiry into Foreign Direct Investment, 1996-2017: Secure Access |
|
6689 |
Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 1997-2019: Secure Access |
|
6690 |
Business Expenditure on Research and Development, 1995-2017: Secure Access |
|
6697 |
Business Structure Database, 1997-2018: Secure Access |
|
6698 |
Capital Stock Dataset, 1979 - 2005: Secure Access |
|
6699 |
UK Innovation Survey, 1994-2016: Secure Access |
|
6700 |
E-commerce Survey, 2001-2017: Secure Access |
|
6701 |
Investment in Intangible Assets Survey, 2009-2010: Secure Access |
|
6702 |
Monthly Wages and Salaries Survey, 2000-2019: Secure Access |
|
6704 |
New Earnings Survey, 1986-2002: Secure Access |
|
6705 |
National Employer Skills Survey, 1999-2009: Secure Access |
|
6706 |
New Earnings Survey Panel Dataset, 1975-2016: Secure Access |
|
6707 |
Occupational Pension Scheme Survey, 2006-2015: Secure Access |
|
6708 |
Quarterly Capital Expenditure Survey, 1998-2014: Secure Access |
|
6709 |
Wealth and Assets Survey, Waves 1-5, 2006-2016: Secure Access |
|
6711 |
International Trade in Services, 1996-2017: Secure Access |
|
6712 |
Workplace Employment Relations Survey: 1998-2011: Secure Access |
|
6716 |
General Lifestyle Survey, 2000-2011: Secure Access |
|
6721 |
Annual Population Survey, 2004-2019: Secure Access |
|
6725 |
Annual Population Survey Household, 2004-2018: Secure Access |
|
6726 |
Monthly Production Inquiry, 1997-2009: Secure Access |
|
6727 |
Quarterly Labour Force Survey, 1992-2019: Secure Access |
|
6729 |
Products of the European Community, 1997-2017: Secure Access |
|
6747 |
Monthly Inquiry into the Distribution and Services Sector, 1997-2009: Secure Access |
|
6839 |
Workplace Employment Relations Survey: Annual Respondents Database Linked Datasets, 2002-2004: Secure Access |
|
6840 |
Workplace Employment Relations Survey: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings Linked Dataset, 2004: Secure Access |
|
6856 |
Small Business Survey, 2010-2012: Secure Access |
|
6857 |
Scottish Employer Skills Survey, 2008-2010: Secure Access |
|
6860 |
Scottish Register of Employment, 1950-1993: Secure Access |
|
6894 |
DECC Low Emissions R&D Survey, 2008: Secure Access |
|
6898 |
Quarterly Fuels Inquiry, 1998-2015: Secure Access |
|
7022 |
Prices Survey Microdata, 1996-2019: Secure Access |
|
7047 |
Living Costs and Food Survey, 2006-2018: Secure Access |
|
7113 |
English Business Survey, 2011-2012: Secure Access |
|
7155 |
MQ5: Investment by Insurance Companies, Pension Funds and Trusts, 1997-2017: Secure Access |
|
7280 |
Crime Survey for England and Wales, 1996-2018: Secure Access |
|
7303 |
Patents, Designs and Trade Marks, 2010: Secure Access |
|
7311 |
Crime Survey for England and Wales, 2011-2018: Secure Access, Low-Level Geographic Data |
|
7421 |
Vacancy Survey, 2005-2019: Secure Access |
|
7451 |
Annual Business Survey, 2008-2017: Secure Access |
|
7463 |
Business Register and Employment Survey, 2009-2018: Secure Access |
|
7674 |
Labour Force Survey Household Datasets, 2002-2019: Secure Access |
|
7675 |
Student Income and Expenditure Survey, 2012: Secure Access |
|
7683 |
Business Structure Database Longitudinal, 1997-2013: Secure Access |
|
7745 |
Employer Skills Survey, 2011-2017: Secure Access |
|
7755 |
Monthly Business Survey, 2011-2018: Secure Access |
|
7882 |
Quarterly Acquisitions and Disposals of Capital Assets Survey, 2015-2016: Secure Access |
|
7908 |
Labour Force Survey Two-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, April 2001 - September 2019: Secure Access |
|
7909 |
Labour Force Survey Five-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, July 2010 - September 2019: Secure Access |
|
7915 |
Research into the Barriers to Take-up and Use of Business Support, 2011: Secure Access |
|
7961 |
Annual Population Survey: Well-Being, April 2011 - March 2015: Secure Access |
|
7989 |
Annual Respondents Database X, 1998-2014: Secure Access |
|
8043 |
Births Registrations in England and Wales, 1982-2017: Secure Access |
|
8057 |
Experimental Dataset of Firm-Level Capital Stocks, 1979-2010: Secure Access |
|
8075 |
Integrated Household Survey, 2009-2014: Secure Access |
|
8076 |
Life Opportunities Survey, 2009-2014: Secure Access |
|
8077 |
National Survey of Bereaved People, 2011-2015: Secure Access |
|
8078 |
ONS Opinions Survey, Census Religion Module, 2009: Secure Access |
|
8080 |
ONS Opinions Survey, Cervical Cancer Screening Module, December 2008 and January 2009: Secure Access |
|
8089 |
ONS Omnibus Survey, Contact After Separation Module, July, October, November and December, 2006 and January and March 2007: Secure Access |
|
8092 |
ONS Opinions Survey, General Lifestyle Module, 2012, 2013 and 2014: Secure Access |
|
8093 |
ONS Opinions Survey, Non-resident Parental Contact Module, April and June-November, 2002 and September – December, 2007 and January, February and December, 2008 and January 2009: Secure Access |
|
8094 |
ONS Opinions Survey, Illness and Activity Limitation Module, December 2007 and April – June, 2008 Secure Access |
|
8095 |
ONS Opinions Survey, Contraception Module, 1997-2009: Secure Access |
|
8096 |
ONS Opinions Survey, Disability Monitoring Module, 2004-2015: Secure Access |
|
8120 |
Which Burglary Security Devices Work for Whom and in What Context? 2013-2015: Secure Access |
|
8182 |
Management Practices Survey, 2015: Secure Access |
|
8200 |
Death Registrations in England and Wales, 1993-2018: Secure Access |
|
8206 |
Low Carbon and Renewable Energy Economy Survey, 2014-2017: Secure Access |
|
8248 |
1981 Census Microdata for Great Britain: 9% Sample: Secure Access |
|
8251 |
Quarterly Survey of Financial Assets and Liabilities, 2014-2016: Secure Access |
|
8253 |
Effects of Taxes and Benefits on Household Income, 1977-2016: Secure Access |
|
8261 |
Longitudinal Small Business Survey, 2015-2017: Secure Access |
|
8263 |
Survey of Innovation and Patent Use, 2013-2015: Secure Access |
|
8271 |
1971 Census Microdata for Great Britain: 9% Sample: Secure Access |
|
8275 |
1961 Census Microdata for Great Britain: 9% Sample: Secure Access |
|
8276 |
London Business Survey, 2014: Secure Access |
|
8457 |
Longitudinal Inter-Departmental Business Register, 2007-2017: Secure Access |
|
8557 |
Management and Expectations Survey, 2016: Secure Access |
|
8558 |
Annual Purchases Survey, 2015-2017: Secure Access |
|
8560 |
Foreign Direct Investment, 2012-2016: Secure Access |
