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Re-appointment of Professor Sir Adrian Smith
26 March 2015 — Announcement, Appointments
The UK Statistics Authority is delighted to announce the re-appointment of Professor Sir Adrian Smith FRS as Deputy Chair and non-executive member of the Board of the UK Statistics Authority…
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Heather Savory and Jonathan Athow appointed as Directors General at ONS
17 March 2015 — Announcement, Appointments
Two new Directors General have been appointed at the Office for National Statistics (ONS) to support the National Statistician, John Pullinger, in leading UK National Statistics. Heather Savory, who is…
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Public confidence in official statistics
23 February 2015 — Press release
NatCen Social Research has today published the results of a survey of public confidence in official statistics, commissioned by the UK Statistics Authority.(1) Among the survey’s findings are that: 71…
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Coherence and Accessibility of Official Statistics on Income and Earnings
13 February 2015 — Press release
Today, the UK Statistics Authority has published a report on The Coherence and Accessibility of Official Statistics on Income and Earnings (PDF, 1.63MB). This work, carried out as part of…
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Quality Assurance of Administrative Data
29 January 2015 — Press release
The UK Statistics Authority has today published a Regulatory Standard for the Quality Assurance of Administrative Data. The Authority produced this Standard in response to concerns about the quality of…
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UK Consumer Price Statistics: A Review
8 January 2015 — Press release
The UK Statistics Authority has today published Paul Johnson’s independent review of UK consumer prices statistics. 1 The Authority will consider his recommendations in detail and will undertake a full…
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Better Statistics Better Decisions Strategy 2015-2020 Launch
1 November 2014 — Event
In November 2014, the Authority Board hosted a high-level seminar event in London. This was to launch the Authority’s new corporate strategy and engage with a broad audience for UK…
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Statement of Strategy 2015-2020
29 October 2014 — Statement
Better Statistics, Better Decisions The Statement of Strategy 2015-2020 was published today. Sir Andrew Dilnot, Chair said, “I am pleased to introduce the UK Statistics Authority’s strategy for official statistics.…
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Appointment of Chief Executive and National Statistician
12 May 2014 — Announcement, Appointments
Her Majesty the Queen has appointed John Pullinger as Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, National Statistician and Permanent Secretary, to succeed Jil Matheson who retires at the end…
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Short-Term Economic Output Indicators Re-assessments
3 April 2014 — Statement
The short-term economic output indicators are among the most important, high profile statistics produced by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), providing some of the earliest signals about the health…