News – UK Statistics Authority

Campion Award for Excellence in Official Statistics 2025 open for entries

12 February 2025 — Announcement —

The Royal Statistical Society (RSS) is accepting entries for our 2025 Campion Award for Excellence in Official Statistics, presented in partnership with the UK Statistics Authority and Civil Service World. The…

Vacancy: Advisory Panel on Migration Statistics Chair

31 January 2025 — Appointments —

The closing date for applications is 26th February 2025 at 23:55pm About the Advisory Panel on Migration Statistics Understanding International migration is fundamental to our understanding of the UK economy…

UK Statistics Authority welcomes three new non-executive directors

31 January 2025 — Appointments —

Peter Barron, Professor Mairi Spowage and Dr Sarah Walsh have newly joined the Board of the UK Statistics Authority as non-executive directors (NEDs). Their expertise in communications, economic statistics, audit…

Vacancy: Advisory Panel on Consumer Prices (Stakeholder) Chair

20 December 2024 — Appointments —

The closing date for applications is 13 January 2025. We are looking to appoint a Chair to the UK Statistics Authority’s Advisory Panel on Consumer Prices (Stakeholder). If successful in…

Announcing the Chair of the inaugural UK Statistics Assembly

29 November 2024 — Announcement, Event —

Sir Robert Chote, Chair, UK Statistics Authority, and Dr Sarah Cumbers, Chief Executive of the Royal Statistical Society The UK Statistics Authority and the Royal Statistical Society (RSS) are…

Reflections on the forthcoming System of National Accounts revision

17 September 2024 — Event —

Thank you and good morning everyone. On behalf of the UK Statistics Authority, it is a great pleasure to welcome you all to London for what I am sure are…

Research Accreditation Panel workshop: Overcoming barriers to data sharing

5 September 2024 — Blog — Research and ethics

The Research Accreditation Panel (RAP) provides oversight of the framework that is used to accredit research projects, researchers and processing environments under the Digital Economy Act 2017 (DEA) and the…

Our Response to the Lievesley Review of the UK Statistics Authority

4 September 2024 — Announcement —

The UK Statistics Authority has today published its response to the Independent Review conducted earlier this year by Professor Denise Lievesley, as part of the Cabinet Office Public Bodies Review…

Congratulations to the winners of the 2024 Campion Award for Excellence in Official Statistics

12 July 2024 — Announcement, Event, Press release —

The Royal Statistical Society has announced the recipients of the 2024 Campion Award for Excellence in Official Statistics, awarded in partnership with the UK Statistics Authority and  Civil Service World. The award celebrates…

UK Statistics Authority urges party leaders to use statistics responsibly in the General Election

4 June 2024 — Press release —

Today, Sir Robert Chote, Chair of the UK Statistics Authority, has written to leaders of political parties to ask that their parties and candidates use statistics appropriately and transparently. The…