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Appointments to the Board of the UK Statistics Authority

7 June 2018 — Announcement, Appointments —

The UK Statistics Authority warmly welcomes the appointment of Professor Sir Ian Diamond and Professor Anne Trefethen as non-executive members of the UK Statistics Authority Board. Both have been appointed…

Re-appointment of Professor David Hand OBE FBA

29 March 2018 — Announcement, Appointments —

The UK Statistics Authority is pleased to announce the re-appointment of Professor David Hand as a non-executive member of the UK Statistics Authority Board. Professor Hand’s re-appointment was approved under…

Chair of UK Statistics Authority expresses concern about “widespread use” of Retail Prices Index (RPI)

8 March 2018 — Statement —

Speaking today, the Chair of the UK Statistics Authority Sir David Norgrove said: “The RPI is a poor measure of inflation, and today’s publication by the ONS highlights its many…

Changes to our website

15 February 2018 — Announcement —

Removal of the National Statistician section The content currently provided under the National Statistician section will be moved to the About menu. At the same time we will remove some…

Re-appointment of Dr David Levy

31 July 2017 — Announcement, Appointments —

The UK Statistics Authority is pleased to announce the re-appointment of Dr David Levy as a non-executive member of the Board of the UK Statistics Authority following the approval of…

UK Statistics Authority launches consultation for a refreshed Code of Practice

5 July 2017 — —

Our Code consultation closed at 5pm 5 October 2017. If you have any queries concerning the consultation please email: regulation@statistics.gov.uk This three month consultation, which will take place from 5 July 2017…

Sir David Norgrove takes up office as Chair of the UK Statistics Authority

3 April 2017 — Appointments, Statement —

Sir David Norgrove today takes up office as Chair of the UK Statistics Authority in succession to Sir Andrew Dilnot CBE whose term of office came to a conclusion on…

Iain Bell appointed as Deputy National Statistician for Population and Public Policy at ONS

16 March 2017 — Announcement, Appointments —

Iain Bell has been appointed at the Office for National Statistics (ONS) to support the National Statistician, John Pullinger, in leading UK National Statistics. Iain, who is currently Chief Data…

Public confidence in official statistics

27 February 2017 — —

NatCen Social Research has today published the results of a survey of public confidence in official statistics, commissioned by the UK Statistics Authority. Among the survey’s findings are that: Public…

Candidate for Next Chair of the UK Statistics Authority Announced

20 January 2017 — Announcement, Appointments —

Following an open recruitment exercise Sir David Norgrove has been selected as the preferred candidate for appointment as the next Chair of the UK Statistics Authority. The Public Administration and…