Announcement

  1. Campion Award for Excellence in Official Statistics 2026 open for entries

    The Royal Statistical Society (RSS) is accepting entries for the 2026 Campion Award for Excellence in Official Statistics, presented in partnership with the UK Statistics Authority and Civil Service World. The award celebrates good practice in UK official statistics, recognising outstanding innovations, developments and challenges faced by government statisticians whether it’s working to improve regular outputs or innovating […]

    Text on a white background announcing that the Campion Award for Excellence in Official Statistics is now open for nominations. Text under this reads that the deadline for entries is 10 April 2026. Graphic also has the Royal Statistical Society, UK Statistics Authority and Civil Service World logos.

  2. Update on the appointment of the Chair of the UK Statistics Authority

    The Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee has published a letter from the Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister confirming that the campaign to recruit a permanent Chair of the UK Statistics Authority has closed without appointment. A new campaign will be launched in 2026. Penny Young will remain in post as interim Chair until […]

  3. Emma Rourke steps down as Acting National Statistician

    The UK Statistics Authority has announced today that having established the key capabilities of the National Statistician role in an acting capacity, Emma Rourke will be leaving the Authority later this month to take up an exciting opportunity as part of the Whitehall in Industry scheme. The recruitment exercise for a permanent National Statistician is […]

    Blue circular graphics with picture of Emma Rourke smiling,

  4. Our new priorities for the statistical system

    The UK Statistics Authority has today written to colleagues across the Government Statistical Service (GSS) to set out its new priorities for the statistical system. The letter, written by Penny Young, Deputy Chair of the UK Statistics Authority Board, formally supersedes the Authority’s five-year strategy, Statistics for the Public Good. The Authority will now work […]

  5. Applications open for the new Chair of the UK Statistics Authority

    The Cabinet Office has launched a recruitment process to appoint the next Chair of the UK Statistics Authority. The successful candidate will lead the UK Statistics Authority Board, which oversees the work of the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR), and the wider statistical system. Incumbent Chair of the Authority, […]

    Graphic with UK Statistics Authority logo some circles and an images of Sir Robert Chote and Penny Young

  6. Congratulations to the winners of the 2025 Campion Award for Excellence in Official Statistics

    The Royal Statistical Society has announced the recipients of the 2025 Campion Award for Excellence in Official Statistics, awarded in partnership with the UK Statistics Authority and Civil Service World. The award celebrates good practice in UK official statistics, recognising outstanding innovations, developments and challenges faced by government statisticians in providing both “business as usual” outputs and the data needed […]

    A photo of the winning team with their award.

  7. HM Government commissions the Office for National Statistics to deliver a whole-population census of England and Wales in 2031

    Today HM Government has commissioned the Office for National Statistics to conduct a mandatory, questionnaire-based, whole-population census of England and Wales in 2031.  This follows the UK Statistics Authority’s recommendation to Government last month for a census as part of system of population and migration statistics which combines the power of data collection and builds on […]

  8. Devereux Review of the Office for National Statistics published

    Today, the UK Statistics Authority and the Cabinet Office have published Sir Robert Devereux’s independent review of the performance and culture of the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The review makes three main recommendations: ONS needs a focused and consistent effort to improve core statistics; Changes are needed in the way in which ONS is […]

  9. UK Statistics Authority recommends a census in 2031

    This page is available in Welsh (Cymraeg). Today the UK Statistics Authority has recommended that the Government commission a census of England and Wales in 2031, to be delivered by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The power to call a mandatory questionnaire-based census of the whole population rests with ministers and has historically been […]

    Purple graphic with circles and white text that reads Recommendation from the UK Statistics Authority on the future of population and migration statistics in England and Wales June 2025.

  10. Awdurdod Ystadegau’r DU yn argymell cyfrifiad yn 2031

    Mae’r dudalen hon hefyd ar gael yn Saesneg (English). Heddiw, mae Awdurdod Ystadegau’r DU wedi argymell bod y Llywodraeth yn comisiynu cyfrifiad o Gymru a Lloegr yn 2031, i’w gyflawni gan y Swyddfa Ystadegau Gwladol (y SYG). Gweinidogion sydd â’r pŵer i alw cyfrifiad gorfodol o’r boblogaeth gyfan yn seiliedig ar holiadur ac, yn hanesyddol, […]

    Purple graphic with circles and white text that reads Recommendation from the UK Statistics Authority on the future of population and migration statistics in England and Wales June 2025 in Welsh.