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Annual Review of Authority Casework 2019/20
Archived
29 October 2020
1. Introduction Official statistics are an essential public asset. The UK Statistics Authority works to promote, monitor and safeguard the production and publication of official statistics. In accordance with the statutory requirements set by the Statistics and Registration Service Act […]
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Correspondence Housing
Sir David Norgrove response to John Healey MP regarding rough sleeping statistics
Archived
10 March 2020
Dear Mr Healey Thank you for your letter of 26 February in which you suggest that official measures of rough sleeping undercount the actual number of rough sleepers. The figures collected by the BBC and the official estimates published by […]
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Correspondence Housing
John Healey MP to Sir David Norgrove regarding rough sleeping statistics
Archived
26 February 2020
Dear Sir David New data obtained from local authorities under the Freedom of Information Act have been published today by the BBC suggesting 28,000 people were sleeping rough across the UK over 12 months, of which nearly 25,000 were in […]
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Correspondence Education
Use of statistics on school expenditure in Wales
Archived
6 December 2019
Dear Sir David I am writing to you concerning the continued use of outdated and misleading statistics by the Welsh Conservatives concerning expenditure on schools in Wales and a perceived gap in school funding between England and Wales. This includes […]
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News Code of Practice
Stocktake of the Code of Practice
Archived
14 January 2016
Dear Colleagues, The Statistics Authority’s Monitoring and Assessment team has started to think about how we can enhance the value of the Code of Practice. The Code was published in 2009. It has been important and influential, both because it’s […]
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News
Statement of Strategy
Archived
14 February 2013
This strategy has been replaced by the Better Statistics, Better Decisions strategy Statutory Objective The Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 established the UK Statistics Authority as an independent body at arm’s length from government with direct reporting to Parliament […]
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News Appointment
Appointments to the Board of the UK Statistics Authority
Archived
2 July 2012
The UK Statistics Authority warmly welcomes the appointment of Professor Sir Adrian Smith FRS and Professor David Rhind CBE FRS FBA as Deputy Chairs of the UK Statistics Authority, and the appointment of Dr David Levy as a non-executive member […]
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News Appointment
Andrew Dilnot takes up office as Chair of the UK Statistics Authority
Archived
2 April 2012
Andrew Dilnot CBE today takes up office as Chair of the UK Statistics Authority in succession to Sir Michael Scholar KCB whose term of office came to an end on 31 March. Andrew Dilnot has been appointed for a five-year […]
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News
Johnian Lecture by Sir Michael Scholar at St John’s College, Cambridge
Archived
10 September 2011
It is a great honour for me to be invited to give the Johnian lecture, and to do so during the celebrations of the College’s 500th year. And it is a great pleasure to be doing so under the Presidency […]
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News
100th Assessment Report
Archived
7 March 2011
The UK Statistics Authority today publishes its 100th Assessment Report. Under the legislation that created the Authority, it is required to review all statistics that carry the National Statistics label to ensure that they comply with the Code of Practice […]