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Speech by Sir Michael Scholar to the Government Statistical Service Assistant Statistician/Statistical Officer conference

8 December 2009 — Event —

Encouraging Innovation and Building Relationships Thank you very much for inviting me to speak to you today. It is now two years since I last spoke to this gathering, and…

Code of Practice breach – release practices

1 December 2009 — Statement —

Early Statistics on Student Support for Higher Education in England, 2009/10 (Department for Business, Innovation & Skills) The Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS) has reported to the UK…

Appointment of Stephen Penneck to the Authority Board

20 November 2009 — Announcement, Appointments —

The non-executive members of the Authority have today appointed Stephen Penneck, the new Director General of the Office for National Statistics, as an executive member of the UK Statistics Authority…

Speech by Sir Michael Scholar to the Annual Conference of the Statistics User Forum at the Royal Society, London

19 November 2009 — Event —

Role of statistics in a democratic society Thank you very much for inviting me to speak to you this morning. I am delighted that you have extended this invitation to…

UK Statistics Authority: Nick Hurd MP census comments “ill-founded”

27 October 2009 — Press release —

Following recent comments attributed to Nick Hurd MP, Shadow Minister for the Third Sector, about the 2011 Census, Sir Michael Scholar, Chair of the UK Statistics Authority has written to…

Special Assessment of Census 2011

26 October 2009 — Announcement —

Introduction The UK Statistics Authority has a statutory responsibility to assess and determine whether its Code of Practice for Official Statistics is complied with in relation to statistics already designated…

Appointment of the National Statistician

6 August 2009 — Announcement, Appointments —

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Jil Matheson as National Statistician, to succeed Dame Karen Dunnell who retires at the end of August 2009. Ms. Matheson will take up post…

Statistics Authority publishes a further six Assessment reports

27 July 2009 — Press release —

Statistics Authority publishes a further six Assessment reports The UK Statistics Authority has today published a further six Assessment reports. These reports cover the following sets of statistics: UK Energy…

Statistics Authority announces Phase 2 of its Assessment programme

20 July 2009 — Press release —

Under the provisions of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007, the UK Statistics Authority has a statutory responsibility to assess whether the Code of Practice has been complied with…

Statistics Authority publishes Migration Statistics: the Way Ahead

9 July 2009 — Press release —

The UK Statistics Authority today publishes its review of progress to improve official migration statistics, Migration Statistics: the Way Ahead. The review concludes that whilst useful work is being done…