The UK Statistics Authority has today announced that Dame Kate Barker has been appointed as the new chair of the National Statistician’s Expert User Advisory Committee. Kate has recently stepped down as chair of the Advisory Committee on Consumer Prices (Stakeholder). She also worked on a Quality Review of the National Accounts (with Art Ridgeway) […]
The Cabinet Office has launched a recruitment process to appoint the next Chair of the UK Statistics Authority. The successful candidate will lead the UK Statistics Authority Board, which oversees the work of the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR), and the wider statistical system. Incumbent Chair of the Authority, […]
The UK Statistics Authority is delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Evelyn Collins CBE as Chair of the National Statistician’s Inclusive Data Advisory Committee. The role of the National Statistician’s Inclusive Data Advisory Committee (NSIDAC) is to provide independent advice to the National Statistician on the ongoing improvement of the inclusivity of data and […]
The closing date for applications is 24 August 2025 at 23:55pm To support them in their role, the National Statistician has created a set of advisory committees and panels to provide advice on a range of topics. In October 2022, following the conclusion of the Inclusive Data Taskforce (IDTF), a new National Statistician’s Inclusive Data Advisory Committee (NSIDAC) […]
The Royal Statistical Society has announced the recipients of the 2025 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, developments and challenges faced by government statisticians in providing both “business as usual” outputs and the data needed […]
Today HM Government has commissioned the Office for National Statistics to conduct a mandatory, questionnaire-based, whole-population census of England and Wales in 2031. This follows the UK Statistics Authority’s recommendation to Government last month for a census as part of system of population and migration statistics which combines the power of data collection and builds on […]
This statement was published on Gov.uk on 7 July 2025. On 26 June Sir Robert Devereux’s review of the Office for National Statistics was published. The UK Statistics Authority and the Cabinet Office have accepted his findings and conclusions, including his recommendation to appoint an additional Permanent Secretary temporarily to lead the day to day […]
Today, the UK Statistics Authority and the Cabinet Office have published Sir Robert Devereux’s independent review of the performance and culture of the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The review makes three main recommendations: ONS needs a focused and consistent effort to improve core statistics; Changes are needed in the way in which ONS is […]
The closing date for applications is 17 July 2025 at 23:55pm About the Advisory Panel on National Accounts The Advisory Panel on National Accounts (APoNA) provides independent advice to the National Statistician on the production, publication, uses and applications of National Accounts and their technical aspects. The APoNA has been set up to provide advice […]
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 […]
