US EditionUK told to split leadership of statistics office after bungles
- On Thursday, Sir Robert Devereux released a report urging the UK Office for National Statistics to split its leadership into two distinct roles.
- The report followed repeated problems from management failings, poor planning, staff resistance to returning to offices, and data quality issues.
- The ONS faced criticism over unreliable inflation and labour market data, a 2004 staff relocation causing massive departures, and survey response declines during the pandemic.
- A £10 million plan will fund up to 150 new data specialists over two years, with acting director Grant Fitzner pledging cultural change and quality improvements.
- These reforms aim to restore trust in essential statistics, temporarily separating the national statistician and permanent secretary roles until stability allows possible recombination.
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The Bank of England, which needs accurate readings for its rate-setting committee to make informed judgements, is among institutions to have expressed frustration with the ONS numbers since the COVID pandemic.
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Ten million pounds is to be spent on fixing shortfalls in the core numbers produced by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) amid a continuing lack of confidence in their accuracy. The body is tasked with producing official figures covering key areas of the economy and societal trends. It has faced particular criticism over the quality of its Labour Force Survey (LFS) – used to calculate employment figures. Money latest: Pound nears four-year…
Office for National Statistics has ‘deep-seated’ problems and needs an overhaul - Business Fast
The UK’s main statistics body needs a £10m overhaul and its top role split in two after a series of management failings and errors that have plagued the organisation for several years, a scathing report has found.The Devereux Review on performance and culture of the Office for National Statistics (ONS) found “deep-seated” issues that called
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