What we do
The UK Statistics Authority has three main functions:
- oversight of the Office for National Statistics (ONS)
The Statistics Authority provides the top level of governance for ONS, replacing the oversight role previously performed by HM Treasury ministers. As a consequence, the Statistics Authority has a statutory power to produce statistics, as ONS did previously
- monitoring and reporting on official statistics
The Statistics Authority is required to monitor, and may report on, the production and publication of all official statistics (wherever produced), regardless of whether or not they are labelled as 'National Statistics'
- independent assessment of key statistics
The Statistics Authority must maintain a Code of Practice, a benchmark which allows independent assessment of the quality and integrity of key statistics (both produced in ONS and across government departments), before deciding to give them formal accreditation as 'National Statistics'
