Organisational chart
UK Statistics Authority – Organisation Chart (January 2025)
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
People Survey Results
UK Statistics Authority and ONS People Survey Results 2019 (PDF)
UK Statistics Authority and ONS People Survey Results 2018 (PDF)
UK Statistics Authority and ONS People Survey Results 2017 (PDF)
UK Statistics Authority and ONS People Survey Results 2016 (PDF)
UK Statistics Authority People Survey Results 2015 (PDF)
Results from across the Civil Service can be found on gov.uk
Gender Pay Gap Report
UK Statistics Authority and ONS Gender Pay Gap Report 2023
UK Statistics Authority and ONS Gender Pay Gap Report 2022
UK Statistics Authority and ONS Gender Pay Gap Report 2021
UK Statistics Authority and ONS Gender Pay Gap Report 2020
UK Statistics Authority and ONS Gender Pay Gap Report 2019 (PDF)
UK Statistics Authority and ONS Gender Pay Gap Report 2018 (PDF)
UK Statistics Authority and ONS Gender Pay Gap Report 2017 (PDF)
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
| 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 Work Development Trust • Independent Non-Executive Director Chair at MS AMLIN Business Services |
| Peter Barron | Non-Executive Director | • Trustee, Disasters Emergency Committee • Trustee, Quentin Blade Centre for Illustration |
| Pete Benton | Deputy National Statistician for Health, Population and Methods | None |
| Sir Robert Chote | Authority Chair | • Chair of the Northern Ireland Fiscal Council • Non-executive Director of Pacific Horizon Investment Trust plc • Senior Adviser for FMA • President of Trinity College, University of Oxford (from 1 September 2025) |
| Professor Sir Ian Diamond | National Statistician | • Chair, Plan UK • Welsh Chief Scientists Group • Advisory Board, Resolution Foundation • USS pension • Member, Strategic Advisory Board, Alan Turing Institute • Chair, Independent Commission on the College of the Future • National Institute of Economic and Social Research Governing Body • Chair of the What Works Network (Cross government network) • Chair of Unit for Future Skills • Chair Advisory for the Economic and Social Research Centre, Connecting Generations • Chair, Southampton University Council (from 18 April 2024) |
| 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 |
| Mike Keoghan | Deputy National Statistician for Economic, Social and Environmental Statistics | • Welfare Officer, Tooting Park Rangers (Youth) FC • School Governor, St Anselm’s School, London • Wife, Director of Communications and Marketing, the Lancet - Elsevier |
| 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 |
| Emma Rourke | Deputy National Statistician for Health, Population and Methods | None |
| 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 |
| Dr Sarah Walsh | Non-Executive Director | • Director, RiskLead Ltd (Founder) – Risk Management Consulting Services (newly established in Sept 2024) • Non-Executive Director, Royal College of Nursing Publishing (RCNi) and member of the Royal College of Nursing Audit Committee and Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee • 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) |
| Name | Role | Outside Interests |
|---|---|---|
| Richard Heys | Deputy Director Macroeconomic and Environmental Statistics and Analysis | • Paid employment as Quality Assurance Economist for NHS entities and partners, specifically Kent, Surrey and Sussex • Academic Health Science Network and Unity Solutions |
| Pete Lee | Deputy Director Macroeconomic and Environment Statistics and Analysis | • Paid consultancy with International Monetary Fund |
| Craig McLaren | Deputy Director Economic Statistics Production and Analysis | • Paid consultancy with International Monetary Fund and Eurostat |
| Debra Prestwood | Deputy Director Public Policy Analysis | • Fee-earning consultant for InteleTravelUK |
| Arthur Turrell | Deputy Director Data Science Campus | • Paid as author of articles published in newspapers and magazines as well as television appearances |
| Megan Cooper | Deputy Director Finance Planning and Performance | • Paid self-employment as fitness instructor |