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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…

• 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…

• 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…

• 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…

• 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.…

• 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…

• 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…

• The census and future provision of population statistics in England and Wales

  27 March 2014 — Announcement —

  Following the conclusion of an extensive programme of research and a three-month public consultation, the National Statistician has made a recommendation to the Board of the UK Statistics Authority on…

• Review of the governance of prices statistics

  12 February 2014 — Statement —

  The Board of the UK Statistics Authority has welcomed a report on the Review of the Governance of Prices Statistics, and has asked the Authority Chief Executive to implement the…

• Retirement of Jil Matheson as National Statistician in Summer 2014

  8 January 2014 — Statement —

  The National Statistician, Jil Matheson, will retire in Summer 2014 after almost five years in post. Speaking today, Sir Andrew Dilnot, Chair of the UK Statistics Authority, paid tribute to…