The UK Statistics Authority wrote to Georgia Gould MP about Recommendation on the Future of Population and Migration Statistics

17 June 2025 · Sir Robert Chote, Chair, UK Statistics Authority

The letter is dated 17 June 2025. A reply dated 15 July 2025 is published alongside it. The UK Statistics Authority published it as Letter from Sir Robert Chote to Georgia Gould MP – Recommendation on the Future of Population and Migration Statistics. Below are 3 passages from the letter in the regulator's own words.

What the UK Statistics Authority wrote

“As you will know, the 2018 White Paper ‘Help Shape Our Future’ included the commitment to present a recommendation to Government on the future of population and migration statistics.”

“In March 2025, the National Statistician made a formal recommendation to the UK Statistics Authority Board which we have accepted and adopt as our own recommendation.”

“The public consultation undertaken to inform this recommendation found widespread agreement that more frequent and timely estimates of the population would be valuable to a wide range of users, including local and national policymakers, providers of public services, decision-makers in the private and voluntary sectors, and researchers and citizens seeking to understand our evolving society and economy better.”

From Sir Robert Chote, Chair, UK Statistics Authority, letter of 17 June 2025. Read the full letter.

The words the letter quotes

The letter quotes 1 passage from the public record:

“censuses after 2021 will be conducted using other sources of data and providing more timely statistical information”.”

Correspondence

• Published reply: Georgia Gould MP to Sir Robert Chote – Recommendation on the Future of Population and Migration Statistics (15 July 2025)

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