Today, Sir Robert Chote begins his five-year term as the new Chair of the UK Statistics Authority. He will step in as the Authority reflects on the first two years of its strategy, Statistics for the Public Good; and the Office for National Statistics releases the first results of Census 2021 in England and Wales. […]
We are delighted to announce the appointment of our committee members to the new National Statistician’s Committee for Advice on Standards for Economic Statistics (NSCASE), chaired by Professor Martin Weale. Following the UK’s exit from the European statistical system, we are strengthening the governance arrangements for official economic statistics, focussing on the ways we produce, […]
Since our last update in February, the Centre team have been busy working on a range of outputs. Here is a summary of our key activities over the last few months: Data Ethics Services At the end of March, we relaunched our new and improved ethics self-assessment tool, following an extensive user consultation process. The […]
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 […]
To mark the relaunch of our Data-Ethics self-assessment tool, Emma Gordon, Director of the ADR UK Strategic Hub and Director of ADR England has written about the latest updates that have been made and the impact she hopes the tool can have on the research community. Today marks the launch of the UK Statistics Authority’s […]
Following an open recruitment exercise, Sir Robert Chote has been confirmed as the preferred candidate for the role of the next UK Statistics Authority Chair. Sir Robert will appear before the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee (PACAC) later this month for a pre-appointment hearing. Sir Robert is a former head of the Office for […]
On March 8 we join the world in celebrating International Women’s Day. This year’s theme is ‘Break the Bias’ and hopes to inspire people to work towards a world free of bias, stereotypes and discrimination; a world that’s diverse, equitable, and inclusive. The Authority has committed to operating inclusively, and as part of this work, […]
One year on from the launch of the Authority’s Centre for Applied Data Ethics, Simon Whitworth, Head of Data Ethics and Research Accreditation, writes about the centre’s achievements and future goals. “The 25th of February marks the first anniversary of the UK Statistics Authority’s Centre for Applied Data Ethics (CADE). The time has flown by, […]
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 […]
