Speaking today, the Chair of the UK Statistics Authority Sir David Norgrove said: “The RPI is a poor measure of inflation, and today’s publication by the ONS highlights its many problems. “With this strong evidence for the deficiencies of the RPI, I remain concerned by its widespread use. If people want to measure changing prices […]
Removal of the National Statistician section The content currently provided under the National Statistician section will be moved to the About menu. At the same time we will remove some duplication. As part of this move, we are re-writing our About content to be more concise and structured. This includes breaking up blocks of text […]
The UK Statistics Authority is pleased to announce the re-appointment of Dr David Levy as a non-executive member of the Board of the UK Statistics Authority following the approval of the Minister for the Cabinet Office under the provisions of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007. Dr David Levy has been re-appointed for a […]
Our Code consultation closed at 5pm 5 October 2017. If you have any queries concerning the consultation please email: regulation@statistics.gov.uk This three month consultation, which will take place from 5 July 2017 until 5 October 2017, provides an opportunity for producers, users and the wider community to see how the Authority proposes to refresh its Code of […]
Sir David Norgrove today takes up office as Chair of the UK Statistics Authority in succession to Sir Andrew Dilnot CBE whose term of office came to a conclusion on 31 March. Sir David has been appointed for a five-year term. Speaking today, Sir David said: “I am delighted to take on the role as […]
Iain Bell has been appointed at the Office for National Statistics (ONS) to support the National Statistician, John Pullinger, in leading UK National Statistics. Iain, who is currently Chief Data Officer at the Department for Education, has been appointed as Deputy National Statistician for Population and Public Policy, and will take up post in early […]
NatCen Social Research has today published the results of a survey of public confidence in official statistics, commissioned by the UK Statistics Authority. Among the survey’s findings are that: Public awareness of the Office for National Statistics (ONS) remains at the same level recorded in 2014, at 71%. Of those who expressed an opinion, 90% […]
Following an open recruitment exercise Sir David Norgrove has been selected as the preferred candidate for appointment as the next Chair of the UK Statistics Authority. The Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Select Committee will hold a pre-appointment hearing on 24 January. Our current Chair, Sir Andrew Dilnot CBE, has held the post since 2012 […]
Today, the UK Statistics Authority announces the ‘Office for Statistics Regulation’. This is led by Ed Humpherson, DG for Regulation and his team, and will make a number of important changes to the Authority’s regulatory function. Statistics are an essential public asset. The Office for Statistics Regulation will enhance the trustworthiness, quality and value of Government statistics by setting standards […]
Following up our key Stakeholders Round Table, we ran the Better Statistics, Better Decisions Health and Care Summit, which was a platform for producers and users to shape the future landscape for English health and care statistics together. A compelling vision for an improved system providing high quality statistics underpinning better decisions inside and outside […]