Welsh Economic Statistics User Group, 20 October 2026: agenda

10:00 Welcome, introductions and apologies (Tom Nicholls, Welsh Government)

10:05 New Government priorities (Welsh Government)

10:15 Productivity data (Richard Prothero, Office for National Statistics and Jonathan Bonville-Ginn, Welsh Government)

10:35 Productivity Heroes in Wales: who they are and why they matter (Professor Mark Hart, Enterprise Research Centre, Warwick Business School)

11:05 Break

11:15 Developing a Northern Ireland Consumer Prices Index and other inflation measures for household subgroups (Chris Payne, Office for National Statistics and Tom Nicholls, Welsh Government)

11:30 Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation (WIMD) 2025 (Andy O’Rourke and George Kamau, Welsh Government)

11:45 Any other business 

12:00 Close