UK Statistics Authority

non-ministerial department of the United Kingdom government
Organization non_ministerial_government_department Q14592116
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UK Statistics Authority

Summary

UK Statistics Authority is a non-ministerial government department[1]. It draws 10 Wikipedia views per month (non_ministerial_government_department category, ranking #17 of 17).[2]

Key Facts

  • UK Statistics Authority is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • UK Statistics Authority's instance of is recorded as non-ministerial government department[4].
  • UK Statistics Authority's instance of is recorded as statistical service[5].
  • UK Statistics Authority's main regulatory text is recorded as Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007[6].
  • UK Statistics Authority's ISNI is recorded as 0000000102378208[7].
  • UK Statistics Authority's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 152705777[8].
  • UK Statistics Authority's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as nb2009002813[9].
  • UK Statistics Authority's child organization or unit is recorded as Office for National Statistics[10].
  • UK Statistics Authority's child organization or unit is recorded as Government Statistical Service[11].
  • UK Statistics Authority's child organization or unit is recorded as Office for Statistics Regulation[12].
  • UK Statistics Authority's part of is recorded as UK statistical system[13].
  • UK Statistics Authority's chairperson is recorded as David Norgrove[14].
  • UK Statistics Authority's chairperson is recorded as Adrian Smith[15].
  • +2008-04-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of UK Statistics Authority[16].
  • UK Statistics Authority's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03wbf72[17].
  • UK Statistics Authority's official website is recorded as https://statisticsauthority.gov.uk/[18].
  • UK Statistics Authority's official name is recorded as UK Statistics Authority[19].
  • UK Statistics Authority's official name is recorded as Awdurdod Ystadegau'r DU[20].
  • UK Statistics Authority's motto text is recorded as Better Statistics, Better Decisions[21].
  • UK Statistics Authority's BBC Things ID is recorded as 2a929362-0ea0-4a8f-99ca-ec6603606d0b[22].
  • UK Statistics Authority's X is recorded as UKStatsAuth[23].
  • UK Statistics Authority's position held by head of the organization is recorded as National Statistician[24].
  • UK Statistics Authority's GRID ID is recorded as grid.501166.5[25].
  • UK Statistics Authority's exact match is recorded as https://findthatcharity.uk/orgid/XI-ROR-04kdrdn36[26].
  • UK Statistics Authority's UK Parliament thesaurus ID is recorded as 85037[27].

Body

Founding

+2008-04-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of UK Statistics Authority[16].

Identity

Official names include UK Statistics Authority[19] and Awdurdod Ystadegau'r DU[20]. Its part of is recorded as UK statistical system[13].

Leadership

Chairpersons include David Norgrove[14], a civil servant[28], b. 1948[29], of United Kingdom[30], awarded the Knight Bachelor[31] and Adrian Smith[15], a mathematician[32], b. 1946[33], of United Kingdom[34], awarded the Fellow of the Royal Society[35].

Operations

Subsidiaries include Office for National Statistics[10], a statistical service[36], in United Kingdom[37], founded in 1996[38], headquartered in Newport[39]; Government Statistical Service[11], a statistical service[40], in United Kingdom[41]; and Office for Statistics Regulation[12], a government agency[42], in United Kingdom[43].

Why It Matters

UK Statistics Authority draws 10 Wikipedia views per month (non_ministerial_government_department category, ranking #17 of 17).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  4. [6] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  7. [9] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] . gov.uk. gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . statisticsauthority.gov.uk. Retrieved . statisticsauthority.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . statisticsauthority.gov.uk. Retrieved . statisticsauthority.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . GRID Release 2019-02-17. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . FindThatCharity.uk. Retrieved . findthatcharity.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  7. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [43] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  14. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  15. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  16. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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