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Investors in People

On 10 May 2018 the UK Statistics Authority (incorporating the Office for National Statistics) was awarded silver accreditation against the Investors in People Standard. This demonstrates our commitment to high performance through good people management.

Investors in People is the international standard for people management, defining what it takes to lead, support and manage people effectively to achieve sustainable results. Underpinning the Standard is the Investors in People framework, reflecting the latest workplace trends, essential skills and effective structures required to outperform in any industry. Investors in People enables organisations to benchmark against the best in the business on an international scale. For more information about Investors in People please visit www.investorsinpeople.com.

Gender Pay Gap Report

Accounts, Expenses and Hospitality

Annual Reports and Resource Accounts published each year by the UK Statistics Authority.

Board Members Expenses published quarterly by the UK Statistics Authority.

Hospitality received published quarterly by the UK Statistics Authority.

Payments to suppliers over £25,000 and the percentage of payments to suppliers paid within five days of invoice receipt each month.

Register of Interests

Board Members and Senior Executives

Name	Role	Outside Interests
Dr Jacob Abboud	Non-Executive Director	• Managing Director, Petraenovus Consulting (founder) • Non-Executive Director, Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency, Department for Transport • Non-Executive Director, Financial Ombudsman Service • Trustee at the Workforce Development Trust • Independent Non-Executive Director Chair at MS AMLIN Business Services
Peter Barron	Non-Executive Director	• Trustee, Disasters Emergency Committee • Trustee, Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration
James Benford	Director General for Surveys and Economic Statistics	None
Pete Benton	Deputy National Statistician for Health, Population and Methods	None
Ed Humpherson	Director General for Regulation	• Vice Chair of Motability, the charity supporting the mobility of disabled people. • Trustee, Pro Bono Economics • Trustee, Security Women • Ada Lovelace Institute’s Oversight Board
Alison Pritchard	Deputy National Statistician for Data Capability	• Member, Digital Advisory Panel, Gambling Commission
Professor Dame Carol Propper	Non-Executive Director	• Professor of Economics, Imperial College London • Adjunct Professor of Economics, Monash University, Australia • Research Associate, Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) • Council member, Royal Economic Society • Life Vice President of the Royal Economic Society • Fellow of the British Academy, US National Academy of Medicine, CEPR, Academy of Social Sciences • Member of the Council for Science and Technology
Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter	Non-Executive Director	• State Pension • USS Pension • Patron of the Karuna Trust charity • Fees from occasional journalism and talks, and royalties from books about statistics
Professor Mairi Spowage	Non-Executive Director	• Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence, Executive Board Member
Darren Tierney	Permanent Secretary of the Office for National Statistics	• Wife, Senior Civil Servant at the Ministry of Justice • Niece is married to a Labour Member of Parliament (Matthew Patrick), who is also a Minister in the Northern Ireland Office
Dr Sarah Walsh	Non-Executive Director	• Director, RiskLead Ltd (Founder) – Risk Management Consulting Services (newly established in Sept 2024) • Non-Executive Director and Deputy Chair, Royal College of Nursing Publishing (RCNi) • Independent Non- Executive Member of the Audit, Risk and Finance Committee, Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) • Independent Non-Executive member of the Audit and Risk Committee, Science Museum Group (SMG) • Independent Non-Executive member of the Risk and Assurance Committee, St John’s Ambulance (SJA) • Non-Executive Director – Oxfam Governance Committee (starts Feb 2025) • Husband, Director, Customer Operations and Infrastructure, CO&I - KPMG
Penny Young	Non-Executive Director	• Civil Service Pension • BBC Pension • Which? Pension • NatCen Social Research Pension • Volunteer Grant Assessor, Baily Thomas Charitable Fund (from July 2023) • Member of Glas Cymru (from 31 October 2024) • Chair of Llangattock Green Valleys Community Benefit Fund (from October 2024)

Senior Civil Servants

Profession	Outside Interest (renumerated)
Government Economic Service Profession	Statistical Consultant
Government Economic Service Profession	Economic Consultant
Human Resource Profession	CIPD Accreditation Assessor
Government Project Delivery Profession	Private yoga teacher
Government Statistical Service Profession	Strategic Governance
Government Statistician Group	Advisor for Eurostat