UK Statistics Authority

  1. UK Statistics Authority written evidence to the Treasury Committee inquiry into Student Loans

    Sent from: UK Statistics Authority

    Sent to: Treasury Committee

    Dear Dame Meg,  I write in response to the call for evidence on student loans and taxation of graduates; specifically, whether the interest on a student loan should be fixed to the Retail Prices Index (RPI), Consumer Prices Index (CPI), or another measure.  It is a decision for Government how student loan interest should be set, including whether and how it should be linked to inflation. The Office for […]

  2. UK Statistics Authority correspondence to the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee on the Board Effectiveness Review

    Sent from: UK Statistics Authority

    Sent to: Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Select Committee

    Dear Simon,  In my letter to the Committee of 21 August, I committed to sharing a copy of the external Review of Board Effectiveness with the Committee once complete. I am pleased to append to this letter the completed Review, which took place over November and December 2025, and highlight key findings below.   I am grateful to Mo Baines, Interim Lead Non-Executive Director in the Ministry for Housing, Communities and […]

  3. UK Statistics Authority follow up written evidence to the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee inquiry into the Work of the UK Statistics Authority

    Sent from: UK Statistics Authority

    Sent to: Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Select Committee

    Dear Simon, Following the recent appearances before your Committee on 1 and 8 July, we subsequently received requests for further information. To that end, I hope this letter is helpful. Deputy Chair Post When did the Board agree to recommend Penny Young for appointment as Deputy Chair? Has it (and if so when) made a […]

  4. UK Statistics Authority oral evidence to the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee’s inquiry on the work of the UK Statistics Authority

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    Sent to: Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Select Committee

    On Tuesday 8 July, Sir Robert Chote, Chair of the UK Statistics Authority, Emma Rourke, Acting National Statistician and Ed Humpherson, Director General for Regulation, gave evidence to the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee’s inquiry on the work of the UK Statistics Authority. A transcript of which has been published on the UK Parliament website. 

  5. UK Statistics Authority oral evidence to the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee’s inquiry on the work of the UK Statistics Authority

    Sent from: UK Statistics Authority

    Sent to: Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Select Committee

    On Tuesday 1 July, Sir Robert Chote, Chair of the UK Statistics Authority, Emma Rourke, Acting National Statistician and Ed Humpherson, Director General for Regulation, gave evidence to the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee’s inquiry on the work of the UK Statistics Authority. A transcript of which has been published on the UK Parliament website.

  6. UK Statistics Authority written evidence to the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee’s inquiry into the work of the UK Statistics Authority

    Sent from: UK Statistics Authority

    Sent to: Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Select Committee

    Dear Simon I am writing in response to the call for evidence for the Committee’s inquiry into the work of the UK Statistics Authority. We welcome our regular appearances before the Committee, not just as a channel of formal accountability to Parliament, but also as an important source of support, challenge and advice in ensuring […]

  7. UK Statistics Authority response to the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee’s report on Transforming the UK’s Evidence Base

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    Sent to: Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Select Committee

    Dear Mr Hoare, Now that the Committee has been reconstituted, I write to provide a response from the UK Statistics Authority to your predecessors’ report on ‘Transforming the UK’s Evidence Base’, published shortly before the General Election was called. On behalf of the Authority, I would like to express my thanks to them and their […]

  8. UK Statistics Authority supplementary evidence to the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee’s inquiry on Transforming the UK’s Evidence Base

    Sent from: UK Statistics Authority

    Sent to: Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Select Committee

    Dear Mr Wragg, Following the submission of the Office for National Statistics’ (ONS) written evidence to the Committee’s Transforming the UK’s Evidence Base inquiry on 31st August 2023, I then gave oral evidence to the Committee on 5th September 2023. One of the topics that I am aware the Committee has been interested in, during […]

  9. UK Statistics Authority supplementary evidence to the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee’s inquiry on Transforming the UK’s Evidence Base

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    Sent to: Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Select Committee

    Dear Mr Wragg, Following the submission of the Office for National Statistics’ (ONS) written evidence to the Committee’s Transforming the UK’s Evidence Base on 31st August 2023, I then gave evidence to the Committee on 5th September 2023. I am now able to provide some supplementary evidence, as requested, on several topics of interest. The […]

  10. UK Statistics Authority follow-up written evidence to the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee’s inquiry on Transforming the UK’s Evidence Base

    Sent from: UK Statistics Authority

    Sent to: Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Select Committee

    Dear Mr Wragg, When giving evidence to the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee on 5 September 2023, I promised to follow-up on a couple of points with various members of the Committee. GDP Revisions Firstly, I agreed to let you know if I was aware of similar revisions happening in other comparable countries. As […]