A key responsibility of our Parliamentary Unit is the submission of evidence to relevant select committee inquiries. This work ensures that policy makers across the UK are making decisions informed by a sound evidence base, while also developing the role of official statistics in democratic debate. Vicky Cummings has been on secondment from the ONS […]
The UK Statistics Authority has recently published a revised Concordat on Statistics which sets out a jointly agreed framework for statistical collaboration between the UK Government, and the Northern Ireland, Scottish, and Welsh Governments. The National Statistician Professor Sir Ian Diamond gave the following statement: “I am delighted to co-sign and publish the updated Concordat […]
The UK Statistics Authority’s Centre for Applied Data Ethics has today released its new ethics guidance focused on the use of machine learning for research and official statistics. Tom Smith, Managing Director at the Data Science Campus and member of the Centre for Applied Data Ethics independent Advisory Committee, considers why this guidance is important […]
Since our last update at the end of July, the Centre team have been working on a range of outputs. Here is a summary of some of our key activities in the last two months and what we are hoping to do next. Guidance We have recently released our latest ethics guidance on considering public […]
The UK Statistics Authority’s Centre for Applied Data Ethics has today released its new draft ethics guidance on considering public views and engagement in research and statistics projects. Reema Patel, Associate Director (Engagement) at the Ada Lovelace Institute, lead author of the Institute’s report on participatory data stewardship, and member of the Centre for Applied […]
Since its launch in February 2021, the UK Statistics Authority’s Centre for Applied Data Ethics has been making great strides in its work within the wider international data ethics community. Collaborating and engaging with international data ethics organisations is one of the key aims of the Centre, and by sharing our experiences, and learning from […]
Since our last update at the end of May, the Centre team have been working on a range of outputs. Here is a summary of some of our key activities in the last two months and what we are hoping to do next. Guidance We have been working on a new piece of guidance focused […]
The UK Statistics Authority’s Centre for Applied Data Ethics has today released its new ethics guidance on public good. This is designed to complement the existing ethics self-assessment tool and associated guidance and help researchers to fully consider and clearly articulate the public good benefits of their projects. Ed Humpherson, Director General for Regulation at […]
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 – […]
Professor Sir John Aston has been appointed as a non-executive board member of the UK Statistics Authority for a period of three years beginning on 1 July 2021. Professor Aston is Harding Professor of Statistics in Public Life at the University of Cambridge, where he leads research into the use of quantitative evidence in public […]
