The National Statistician is the Chief Executive of the

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, and the Head of the UK

Government Statistical Service The Government Statistical Service (GSS) is the community of all civil servants in the United Kingdom who work in the collection, production and communication of official statistics. It includes not only statisticians, but also economists, soci ...

. The office was created by the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007. The UK Statistics Authority announced that Sir Ian Diamond would take over as National Statistician in October 2019, following the retirement of John Pullinger in June 2019.Appointment of the National Statistican
Official announcement 6-Aug-19

Status

They are ''de facto'' permanent secretaries but do not use that title. As the ONS incorporated the OPCS, the Director also became the

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for England and Wales. Following the implementation of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007, the

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continues to be part of a ministerially accountable department, becoming a part of the Identity & Passport Service in the Home Office and the post of Registrar-General is now held by its head.

National Statisticians

* The first Director of ONS was

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. Subsequent Directors have had this additional title, the National Statistician. * The second Director was Len Cook, who had previously held a similar post in New Zealand. * He was succeeded by Dame Karen Dunnell on 1 September 2005. * Jil Matheson succeeded Karen Dunnell on 1 September 2009.Appointment of the National Statistician
Official announcement 6-Aug-09 * John Pullinger succeeded Jil Matheson on 1 July 2014 and retired in June 2019. * Ian Diamond succeeded John Pullinger on 22 October 2019.

References

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External links

UK Statistics Authority's National Statistician homepage
Civil servants in the Office for National Statistics