UK Statistics Authority

UK Statistics Authority

Scottish Gaelic: Am Bòrd an Staitistig Welsh: Y Bwrdd Ystadegau
Agency overview
Formed	1 April 2008; 16 years ago (2008-04-01)
Jurisdiction	United Kingdom
Headquarters	Fry Building 1st Floor, 2 Marsham Street London SW1P 4DF[1]
Employees	3685[2]
Annual budget	£256m (2018)[2]
Minister responsible	John Glen, Minister for the Cabinet Office
Agency executives	Sir Robert Chote, Chair of the UK Statistics Authority Ian Diamond, National Statistician
Parent department	Cabinet Office
Child agency	Office for National Statistics Government Statistical Service Office of Statistics Regulation
Website	statisticsauthority.gov.uk

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.