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 […]
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, […]
The Royal Statistical Society has announced the recipients of the 2024 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 and developments and challenges faced by government statisticians in providing both “business as usual” outputs and […]
Today, Sir Robert Chote, Chair of the UK Statistics Authority, has written to leaders of political parties to ask that their parties and candidates use statistics appropriately and transparently. The Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR), the regulatory arm of the Authority, has been campaigning to encourage ‘intelligent transparency’, and make sure that statistical claims and […]
A report showing that official statistics continue to enjoy a strong reputation was today welcomed by the UK Statistics Authority. The Public Confidence in Official Statistics 2023 survey, conducted independently by the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen), found that survey respondents’ trust in the ONS remained very high even while the reputation of other […]
On Friday 29 April 2022, the UK Statistics Authority hosted a Japanese delegation led by Mr Yasushi Kaneko, Japanese Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC). The MIC is a Ministerial body which has remit over official statistical matters in Japan and whose executive agency, the Japanese Statistics Bureau, […]
The UK Statistics Authority today welcomes a report showing that public confidence in official statistics remains high, and engagement with official statistics has increased since 2018. The Public Confidence in Official Statistics 2021 survey, conducted independently by the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen), found that awareness of the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and […]
The Royal Statistical Society (RSS) are now accepting entries for the 2022 Campion Award for Excellence in Official Statistics, awarded in partnership with the Authority and Civil Service World. The award is for those working in UK government statistics and rewards good practice and innovation in producing and presenting statistics for the public good. Awarded […]
The Royal Statistical Society (RSS) has today announced the recipients of this year’s Campion Award for Excellence in Official Statistics, awarded in partnership with the UK Statistics Authority and Civil Service World. The award, named in honour of the late Sir Harry Campion – the first director of the Central Statistical Office and an RSS president – […]
Office for National Statistics (ONS) employees have been recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list for their outstanding service during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and for their service to disability, diversity and inclusion. The last 12 months have seen an incredible demand for public data and the ONS has been right at the heart of […]
