Committees

The work of the UK Statistics Authority

Inquiry

The Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee will examine the performance of the UK Statistics Authority (UKSA), and its two executive offices, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR).

In light of recent debate and discussion about the efficacy of the UK’s employment figures, Committee members will explore whether issues with ONS’s Labour Force Survey are an anomaly, or whether issues with the organisation’s performance run deeper. In doing so, MPs will scrutinise some of ONS’s most important programmes: the Transformed Labour Force Survey, Integrated Data Service, and its reimagining of the traditional Census.

Read the call for evidence for more detail about the inquiry.

This inquiry is no longer accepting evidence

The deadline for submissions was 11:59pm on 12 May 2025.

Upcoming events

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Past events

Monday 3 November 2025
3:00pm Public
The work of the UK Statistics Authority - Oral evidence 3 November 2025
3:00pm
  • Josh Simons MP (Parliamentary Secretary at Cabinet Office)
  • Catherine Little CB (Chief Operating Officer for the Civil Service and Permanent Secretary to the Cabinet Office at Cabinet Office)
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
Tuesday 9 September 2025
10:00am Public
The work of the UK Statistics Authority - Oral evidence 9 September 2025
10:00am
  • Professor Sir Ian Diamond
The Macmillan Room, Portcullis House
Tuesday 8 July 2025
10:00am Public
The work of the UK Statistics Authority - Oral evidence 8 July 2025
10:00am
  • Sir Robert Chote (Chair at UK Statistics Authority)
  • Emma Rourke
  • Ed Humpherson
Room 15, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday 1 July 2025
10:00am Public
The work of the UK Statistics Authority - Oral evidence 1 July 2025
10:00am
  • Sir Robert Chote (Chair at UK Statistics Authority)
  • Emma Rourke
  • Ed Humpherson
Room 15, Palace of Westminster

Contact us

We receive a significant number of emails each day. All requests and invitations are considered but we do not respond directly to everyone. Please be aware, the committee does not look at individual cases or specific complaints.

  • Email: pacac@parliament.uk
  • Address: Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee, House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA