Annex A: April 2025 to March 2026 key milestones
The table below shows a selection of our key milestones for 2025/26. This is not an exhaustive list of deliverables over the year. The key milestones contribute to delivery of our priority outcomes and will require ongoing engagement across wider government for delivery. Plans are subject to resources yet to be confirmed through the Main Estimates (as explained in the resources section) and may be revised through the year to reflect any changes in context, priorities or funding.
| Key milestone | Due date |
|---|---|
| Consult on, scope, and deliver a high-quality strategic priorities document for the UK Statistics Authority.* | 31 July 2025 |
| First release of Annual Births and Deaths statistics published. | 30 September 2025 |
| Publish official annual population estimates. | 31 December 2025 |
| Progress priority updates related to the latest System of National Accounts and Balance of Payments manuals for economic statistics. | 31 March 2026 |
| Publication of regular labour market outputs to pre-announced schedule. | 31 March 2026 |
| Publication of regular Gross Domestic Product and National Accounts related outputs (excluding Blue Book) to pre-announced schedule. | 31 March 2026 |
| Publication of the annual Blue Book to pre-announced schedule. | 31 March 2026 |
| Delivery of key outputs related to the Gross National Income requirements as per the UK's EU withdrawal agreement. | 31 March 2026 |
| Produce timely and relevant monthly Consumer Price Inflation statistics, including meeting our statutory obligations to continue to produce Retail Price Index statistics. | 31 March 2026 |
| Continue to deliver environmental economy surveys including the Low Carbon & Renewable Energy Economy survey and related outputs. | 31 March 2026 |
| Produce high-quality monthly Public Sector Finances statistics. | 31 March 2026 |
| Continued production of high-quality monthly and quarterly Trade statistics and related GDP inputs and derived trade statistics. | 31 March 2027** |
| Publish official international migration statistics. | 31 March 2026 |
| Produce Crime core statistics and analysis for England and Wales during 2025/26. | 31 March 2026 |
| Redesign the ONS website to improve user navigation, taxonomy, and search. | 31 March 2026 |
| Co-ordinate and strengthen ONS's stakeholder and user engagement approach, including sharing and acting upon Feedback from the UK Statistics Assembly and other engagement activity. | 31 March 2026 |
| Publish official demographic statistics and analysis. | 31 March 2026 |
| Lead economic engagement, including Economic Forums and the ONS Fellows on advising core National Accounts, Prices and Labour Market outputs. | 31 March 2026 |
| Delivery of Public Services Productivity Review recommendations. | 31 March 2026 |
*Updated 12 November 2025: Amended from ‘Deliver a high-quality refreshed strategy for the UK Statistics Authority in July 2025’ in line with the revised approach to updating the ONS Strategy following the letter issued by the Interim Authority Chair to stakeholders. Milestone to be marked as complete if the change is approved.
**Updated 25 November 2025: Amended from due date of 31 March 2026 to 31 March 2027 as there is work underway to replatform the legacy system which will take time. Determining the approach for correcting Trade in Goods (TiG) data.