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. […]
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 […]
As the transition period ends and the UK enters into the Trade and Cooperation Agreement with the EU, the core responsibilities of the UK Statistics Authority will continue to be underpinned by the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007, which sets out our statutory duty to promote and safeguard the production and publication of official […]
The UK Statistics Authority and HM Treasury have today responded to the recently held joint consultation on reforming the methodology of the Retail Prices Index (RPI) by bringing the methods and data sources of the Consumer Prices Index including owner occupier housing costs (CPIH) into it. The Chancellor has announced that while he sees the […]
The UK Statistics Authority recently ran a joint consultation with HM Treasury on changes to the Retail Prices Index methodology. The response to that consultation will be published on 25 November, alongside the Spending Review. An exchange of letters between HM Treasury and the UK Statistics Authority confirming this date is available here: Chancellor of the Exchequer to Sir David […]
The Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) has today issued a statement which urges all UK governments to address the way they communicate important COVID-19 data to the public. The statement focuses on the importance of data being shared in a way that promotes transparency and clarity, to support public understanding and confidence. During the coronavirus […]
Sick people, and those who care for them, struggle with COVID-19 in a very direct way, but all of us are struggling with this pandemic in different ways – and all of us want to understand it better. This is where statisticians come into their own. Following in the footsteps of Florence Nightingale, the pioneering […]
UK Statistics Authority statement on homelessness statistics, 9 December 2019.
UK Statistics Authority statement on school funding information in Labour and Conservative manifestos, 2 December 2019.
Statement on use of Labour Force Survey statistics by Scottish Government, 15 November 2019.