UK Statistics Authority

UK Statistics Authority
Scottish Gaelic: Am Bòrd an Staitistig
Welsh: Y Bwrdd Ystadegau
Agency overview
Formed1 April 2008; 16 years ago (2008-04-01)
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
HeadquartersFry Building 1st Floor, 2 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DF[1]
Employees3685[2]
Annual budget£256m (2018)[2]
Minister responsible
Agency executives
Parent departmentCabinet Office
Child agency
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The UK Statistics Authority (UKSA, Welsh: Awdurdod Ystadegau'r DU) is a non-ministerial government department of the Government of the United Kingdom responsible for oversight of the Office for National Statistics, maintaining a national code of practice for official statistics, and accrediting statistics that comply with the Code as National Statistics. UKSA was established on 1 April 2008 by the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007, and is directly accountable to the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

  1. ^ "Contact Us". UK Statistics Authority. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  2. ^ a b UK Statistics Authority. (2018). UK Statistics Authority Annual Report and Accounts 2017/18. London. ISBN 9781528605892. OCLC 1053733779.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)