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| April 18 2025 | The ONS suggested that unreliable employment data was a result of issues with smart doorbells. |
| January 31 2025 | Peter Barron joined as a Non-executive member of the board |
| January 31 2025 | Peter Barron, Prof. Mairi Spowage, and Dr Sarah Walsh were appointed as non-executive members of the board. |
| January 2025 | First statistical assembly held in London, chaired by Prof Cathie Sudlow, following the recommendations of the 2024 governance review. |
| December 31 2024 | Prof. Sir John Aston completes his term as Non-Executive Director of the UK Statistics Authority. |
| June 30 2024 | Sian Jones and Nora Nanayakkara conclude their roles as Deputy Chair and Non-executive member respectively. |
| March 2024 | Prof Denise Lievesley's governance review published, recommending a triennial statistical assembly to better understand user needs across society. |
| 2023 | Governance review initiated, led by Prof Denise Lievesley as part of the cycle of reviews of independent public bodies. |
| May 26 2023 | Richard Dobbs ends his term as Non-Executive Director. |
| February 13 2023 | Dr. Jacob Abboud, Prof. Dame Carol Propper, and Penny Young were appointed as non-executive members of the board. |
| February 1 2023 | Prof. Jonathan Haskel completes his tenure as Non-Executive Director. |
| December 31 2022 | Helen Boaden and Prof. Anne Trefethen conclude their roles as Non-Executive Directors. |
| June 1 2022 | Sir Robert Chote began his role as Chair of the UK Statistics Authority. |
| March 31 2022 | Sir David Norgrove steps down as Chair of the UK Statistics Authority. |
| July 1 2021 | Prof. Sir John Aston begins role as Non-Executive Director of the UK Statistics Authority |
| June 30 2021 | Prof. David Hand completes his term as Non-Executive Director. |
| May 27 2020 | Richard Dobbs becomes Non-Executive Director of the UK Statistics Authority |
| May 27 2020 | Prof. Sir David Spiegelhalter began his role as a non-executive member of the board. |
| March 31 2020 | Prof. Sir Adrian Smith ends his role as Non-Executive Director. |
| 2019 | The ONS admitted potential underestimation of EU migration to the UK due to methodological issues with the International Passenger Survey. |
| October 22 2019 | Prof. Sir Ian Diamond took up the post of National Statistician and head of the Government Statistical Service. |
| August 5 2019 | Prof. Sir Ian Diamond concludes his term as Non-Executive Director. |
| June 1 2019 | Helen Boaden begins role as Non-Executive Director of the UK Statistics Authority |
| May 30 2019 | Dr. David Levy completes his tenure as Non-Executive Director. |
| June 1 2018 | Prof. Sir Ian Diamond begins role as Non-Executive Director of the UK Statistics Authority |
| June 1 2018 | Prof. Anne Trefethen starts as Non-Executive Director of the UK Statistics Authority |
| April 1 2017 | Sir David Norgrove begins role as Chair of the UK Statistics Authority |
| March 31 2017 | Sir Andrew Dilnot concludes his term as Chair of the UK Statistics Authority. |
| 2016 | Professor Sir Charles Bean conducted an independent review of UK Economic Statistics, defending the ONS against some criticisms while noting concerns about statistical revisions. |
| 2016 | Methodology review led by Dr Andrew Garrett to assess the UKSA's statistical methodologies. |
| July 1 2016 | Nora Nanayakkara begins role as Non-executive member of the UK Statistics Authority |
| July 1 2016 | Sian Jones starts as Deputy Chair of the UK Statistics Authority |
| February 1 2016 | Prof. Jonathan Haskel starts as Non-Executive Director of the UK Statistics Authority |
| 2015 | Economic statistics review conducted by Prof Sir Charles Bean to examine the authority's technical capabilities. |
| April 1 2013 | Prof. David Hand becomes Non-Executive Director of the UK Statistics Authority |
| April 1 2013 | Dame Carolyn Fairbairn starts as Non-Executive Director of the UK Statistics Authority |
| December 2012 | Members of Parliament on the Public Administration Committee criticized the ONS's new website as 'a disaster', with the UK Statistics Authority chair acknowledging significant usability issues. |
| September 1 2012 | Prof. Sir Adrian Smith starts as Non-Executive Director of the UK Statistics Authority |
| August 1 2012 | Dr David Levy starts as Non-Executive Director of the UK Statistics Authority |
| July 1 2012 | Professor David Rhind begins role as Deputy Chair (Statistics System) |
| April 1 2012 | Sir Andrew Dilnot becomes Chair of the UK Statistics Authority |
| February 1 2010 | Sir Jon Shortridge starts as Non-Executive Director of the UK Statistics Authority |
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