Dame Jilian Norma Matheson (born 27 March 1953) is the former
National Statistician of the United Kingdom.
Career
Matheson joined the
Office of Population Censuses and Surveys in 1975.
She worked on the
Expenditure and Food Survey and the
General Household Survey.
[ After 1998 she worked on Neighbourhood Statistics.][ At the ONS, between 2004 and 2008, she was the Director of Census, Demographic and Regional Statistics.][
She became Director General for Statistics Delivery at the ONS in 2008 with responsibility for the delivery of all ONS statistical operations and outputs, and for the development of the ONS’ statistical portfolio in consultation with users.
She has been elected a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS) in 2001, a member of the Social Research Association, and a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society (FRSS).][
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National Statistician
Matheson succeeded Dame Karen Dunnell as National Statistician on 1 September 2009, and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority (and the Office for National Statistics
The Office for National Statistics (ONS; ) is the executive office of the UK Statistics Authority, a non-ministerial department which reports directly to the Parliament of the United Kingdom, UK Parliament.
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She retired from these roles on 30 June 2014. She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the Bath (DCB) in the ]2014 Birthday Honours
The 2014 Birthday Honours were appointments by some of the 16 Commonwealth realms of Elizabeth II, Queen Elizabeth II to Orders and decorations of the Commonwealth realms, various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens ...
for services to government statistics.
See also
* Demographics of the United Kingdom
The population of the United Kingdom was estimated at 68,300,000 in 2023. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, 21st most populated country in the world and has a population density of , with England having significantly ...
References
External links
''More or Less'' September 2009
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Fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences
Directors of the Office for National Statistics
Civil servants in the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys
1953 births
Living people
British women statisticians
Dames Commander of the Order of the Bath
British statisticians