Governance of Statistics inquiry

Inquiry by the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee, 6 December 2018 to 3 October 2019. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

• 18th Report - Governance of official statistics: redefining the dual role of the UK Statistics Authority; and re-evaluating the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 (18 July 2019)
• 16th Special Report - Governance of official statistics: redefining the dual role UK Statistics Authority; and re-evaluating the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007: The UK Statistics Authority response to the Committee's 18th Report (3 October 2019)

Evidence sessions

• 5 February 2019: Hetan Shah, Executive Director, Royal Statistical Society, Professor Guy Nason, Professor of Statistics, University of Bristol, Richard Aldritt, formerly of Statistics Commission and UK Statistics Authority
• 5 March 2019: Paul Allin, Chair, Statistics Users Forum, Mike Hughes, formerly Director of Policy, Office for National Statistics, Will Moy, Director, Full Fact; Prof John Salt, Migration Unit, UCL, Matt Leach, Chief Executive, Local Trust
• 19 March 2019: Chris Giles, Economics Editor, Financial Times and Dr Andrew Sentance, former member of Monetary Policy Committee of Bank of England
• 26 March 2019: Clare Lombardelli, Director General, Chief Economic Adviser, HM Treasury, Dr Ben Broadbent, Deputy Governor, Bank of England, and Robert Chote, Chairman, Office for Budget Responsibility
• 2 April 2019: Sir David Norgrove, Chair, UK Statistics Authority, John Pullinger, National Statistician, UK Statistics Authority, and Ed Humpherson, Director General for Regulation, UK Statistics Authority