Overview
The Authority's functions relate to its statutory areas of responsibility: •oversight of the UK official statistics system, which includes around 30 central government departments and the devolved administrations, and the promotion, safeguarding and monitoring of quality, comprehensiveness and good practice in relation to all official statistics, wherever produced; •production of a Code of Practice for Statistics and assessment of official statistics against the Code; and •governance of the Office for National Statistics (ONS) the UK's National Statistical Institute and the largest producer of official statistics.
Established under Statistical Service and Registration Act 2007. CE remuneration is 12/13 salary.
| PB13 Entry | FULL |
| PB Reform | |
| Regulatory Function | Yes |
| Chairs Remuneration (p.a. unless otherwise stated) | |
| Chief Executive / Secretary Remuneration | 150,000-155,000 |
| Public Meetings | No |
| Public Minutes | Yes |
| Register of Interests | Yes |
| Ombudsman | PHSO |
| Last Annual Report | 2012-13 |
| Last Review | Public Administration Select Committee: Review of the 2007 Act undertaken in 2012/13 |
| Audit Arrangements | NAO |
| OCPA Regulated | Yes |
