Select Committee · Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

The work of the UK Statistics Authority

Status: Open Opened: 7 Apr 2025

The Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee will examine the performance of the UK Statistics Authority (UKSA), and its two executive offices, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR). In light of recent debate and discussion about the efficacy of the UK’s employment figures, Committee members will explore whether …

Oral evidence sessions

4 sessions
Date Witnesses
3 Nov 2025 Catherine Little CB · Cabinet Office, Josh Simons MP · Cabinet Office View ↗
9 Sep 2025 Professor Sir Ian Diamond View ↗
8 Jul 2025 Ed Humpherson · Office for Statistics Regulation, Emma Rourke · Office for National Statistics, Sir Robert Chote · Northern Ireland Fiscal Council View ↗
1 Jul 2025 Ed Humpherson · Office for Statistics Regulation, Emma Rourke · Office for National Statistics, Sir Robert Chote · Northern Ireland Fiscal Council View ↗

Correspondence

19 letters
DateDirectionTitle
24 Feb 2026 To cttee Letter from Penny Young, Interim Chair, UK Statistics Authority on the Review o…
24 Feb 2026 To cttee Letter from Darren Tierney, Permanent secretary, Office for National Statistics…
16 Dec 2025 To cttee Letter from Professor Denise Anne Lievesley CBE on the role of the National Sta…
16 Dec 2025 To cttee Letter from James Benford, Director General for Surveys and Economic and Social…
16 Dec 2025 To cttee Letter from Rt Hon Darren Jones, Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister Chancell…
16 Dec 2025 To cttee Letter from Penny Young, Deputy Chair, UK Statistics Authority on recruitment f…
9 Dec 2025 To cttee Letter from Josh Simons MP, Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office & Catherine…
25 Nov 2025 From cttee Letter to Catherine Little CB, Chief Operating Officer for the Civil Service an…
21 Oct 2025 To cttee Letter from Darren Tierney, Permanent Secretary, Office for National Statistics…
21 Oct 2025 To cttee Letter from Rt Hon. James Murray MP, Chief Secretary to the Treasury on Treasur…
21 Oct 2025 From cttee Letter to Lord Livermore, Financial Secretary to the Treasury on the work of th…
3 Sep 2025 To cttee Letter from Sir Robert Chote, Chair, UK Statistics Authority, and Catherine Lit…
3 Sep 2025 To cttee Letter from Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster on UK Statistics Authority and…
3 Sep 2025 From cttee Letter to Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster on UK Statistics Authority recru…
3 Sep 2025 To cttee Letter from Penny Young, Deputy Chair, UK Statistics Authority on follow-up aft…
3 Sep 2025 To cttee Letter from Emma Rourke, Acting National Statistician on follow-up after oral e…
3 Sep 2025 To cttee Letter from Ed Humpherson, Director General for Office for Statistics Regulatio…
15 Jul 2025 To cttee Letter from Emma Rourke, Acting National Statistician at UK Statistics Authorit…
17 Jun 2025 To cttee Letter from Cllr Abi Brown OBE, Chairman, LGA Improvement and Innovation Board …