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ONS appoints new Second Permanent Secretary and Director General for Data Capability

24 August 2020 — Appointments —

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has announced two new senior appointments to deliver its radical and ambitious 5-year strategy ‘Statistics for the Public Good’. Sam Beckett has been appointed…

Vacancy – Independent Member of Regulation Committee

5 August 2020 — Announcement —

Applications have now closed. We are looking to appoint an independent member to the Regulation Committee of the UK Statistics Authority. If successful in your application you would play an…

Statistics for the public good – How are statistics saving the world and what’s next?

20 July 2020 — —

The following article originally appeared online on Thursday 16 July 2020. COVID-19 has illustrated the direct connection between data, policy and society as never before. And as our lives have…

‘Statistics for the Public Good’ new mission for statistics over the next five years launched

16 July 2020 — Announcement, Press release —

The UK Statistics Authority has unveiled “Statistics for the Public Good” – the new strategy for the UK statistical system following a period of dramatic change during the COVID-19 pandemic.…

Changes to our website

13 July 2020 — Announcement, Press release —

The UK Statistics Authority has made some significant changes to our website, based on extensive research from a wide range of users and stakeholders. All changes took effect at 1540…

Appointment of two new Non-Executive Directors to the UK Statistics Authority Board

27 May 2020 — Announcement, Appointments, Press release —

Richard Dobbs and Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter have have been appointed as non-executive board members of the UK Statistics Authority for a period of three years, commencing today (Wednesday 27…

Understanding exactly how COVID-19 is affecting us is the hardest job we’ve ever had writes Sir David Norgrove

27 May 2020 — Statement —

Sick people, and those who care for them, struggle with COVID-19 in a very direct way, but all of us are struggling with this pandemic in different ways – and…

Consultation on the future of the Retail Prices Index

16 April 2020 — Announcement, Press release —

The UK Statistics Authority and HM Treasury have today announced that they will be extending the time period for the current joint consultation on the future of the Retail Prices…

COVID-19 and the UK Statistics System

20 March 2020 — Announcement —

Commenting on the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Chair of the UK Statistics Authority Sir David Norgrove has today said: “The UK’s statistical system is continuing to serve the public good in…

Joint consultation on the future of the RPI launched by UK Statistics Authority and HM Treasury

11 March 2020 — Announcement, Press release —

In March 2019, UK Statistics Authority recommended to the Chancellor that the shortcomings of the RPI be addressed by bringing the methods and data sources of CPIH into it. Today…