UK Statistics Authority

The agenda for the first-ever UK Statistics Assembly is now available. The Assembly agenda has been informed by the wide-ranging responses to the call for contributions, which ran in autumn 2024.   The UK Statistics Assembly meets for the first time on 22 January 2025 and is an opportunity for users and stakeholders to discuss and advise on statistical and data priorities and needs for the country.   Visit our website to find out more and take part 👉 https://lnkd.in/eHTrNNT4

⏰There is still time to apply to be Chair of the National Statistician's Advisory Panel on Consumer Prices (Stakeholder). Applications close Monday 13 January.

🚨Vacancy: Advisory Panel on Consumer Prices (Stakeholder) Chair   Are you an expert in UK consumer prices statistics?   We are looking to appoint a Chair to the UK Statistics Authority’s Advisory Panel on Consumer Prices (Stakeholder). If successful in your application, you will provide independent advice to the National Statistician on the uses and applications of consumer price indices, to ensure that these statistics meet the needs of users and serve the public good.   The closing date for applications is 13 January 2025.   Visit our website for more information 👉 https://lnkd.in/ej2-6NFb #recruiting #hiring #statistics

The UK Statistics Authority safeguards the sharing of government data when scientific researchers want to use it to study our ever-changing society. To learn more about how we evaluate each and every project, listen to our interview with ADR UK (Administrative Data Research UK) on their #ConnectingSociety podcast 🔊

In our latest blog post, Sir Robert Chote and Dr. Sarah Cumbers of the Royal Statistical Society discuss why the UK Statistics Assembly 2025 is important. This event promises to play a key role in shaping the future of statistics in the UK, providing a platform for experts to address user needs, data gaps and the challenges and opportunities confronting the system.   We are also thrilled to announce that Professor Cathie Sudlow will be leading the Assembly as Chair. Cathie’s work bringing together different sources of data to tackle health problems at a population level typifies the potential for data to be used rigorously and imaginatively to increase understanding and improve people’s lives.   To learn more about the upcoming UK Statistics Assembly and how to register your attendance, read the full blog. https://lnkd.in/ek64YWZ6

📢 We invite you to share your priorities for the statistical system! It's important that the UK Statistics Assembly discussions are informed by a range of user perspectives. Therefore, ahead of the event we invite you to share your: - suggestions for agenda discussion items and presenters  - examples of statistical and data priorities, gaps, and public and user needs  - ideas for other cross-cutting areas for the Assembly to consider, such as data sharing and technology Your ideas can help to shape the event agenda and thematic discussions. Your views will also be used to inform the development of the next UK Statistics Authority strategy. We welcome contributions whether you are able to attend the event or not. Please complete our Call for Contributions by the deadline 3 November⬇ https://lnkd.in/eUD_8Duj

National Statistician, Sir Ian Diamond, has today signed an arrangement with Mariana Kotzeva, marking the start of a new era of statistical cooperation between the Office for National Statistics and Eurostat. Find out more ➡️ https://lnkd.in/ed89_6T6

“Sometimes, our agreed international System of National Accounts may not help us consider key policy questions in an integrated way. Why does £100 million of spending on artificial intelligence count as investment when £100 million of spending on education, actual intelligence, does not?” Last month our Chair, Sir Robert Chote, gave a keynote speech at the 38th International Association for Research in Income and Wealth General Conference in partnership with Office for National Statistics and Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence (ESCoE), about how we fundamentally measure the economy and what’s set to change in 2025. Read his full speech on our website⬇ https://lnkd.in/ef2TyzRY

The UK Statistics Authority, in partnership with the Royal Statistical Society, is pleased to invite statistical users, producers and regulatory representatives to the inaugural UK Statistics Assembly on Wednesday 22 January 2025. Formed in response to a recommendation in the Independent Review of the UK Statistics Authority, the Assembly is a unique opportunity for a diverse range of voices and views, including from central, local and devolved governments, business and industry, academia, civil society and charities to come together to discuss and advise us on statistical priorities, user needs and gaps for the country. Visit our website to find out how to register and complete the call for contributions ⬇

There is huge unrealised potential in securely linking and analysing data held across different parts of government, writes our Chair, Sir Robert Chote.   "The Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR), the UK’s statistics watchdog and part of the UK Statistics Authority, highlights this issue in its 2024 state of the statistical system report. Encouragingly, it found that statisticians across the official system are already linking and using administrative data extensively and imaginatively to respond to new and complex questions posed by government and society. But it saw several barriers to using this critical national asset as effectively as it could."   "Data sharing across government should be the rule, rather than the exception. But given the perceived risks, robust political leadership is vital to make this happen."