You asked
I would like to know who occupied the positions of National Statistician (NS), deputy NS and/or head of the Office for National Statistics (ONS), head of economics statistics, head of prices division and head of assessment, since the start of 2009, along with dates of change.
We said
Thank you for your request. Please find the information you requested below.
Please note: job titles and responsibilities have changed over time. In some cases, this will be apparent from the job titles. The information provided is our best match for the request.
| National Statistician | Date |
|---|---|
| Dame Karren Dunnell | 5 September 2005 - 4 September 2009 |
| Dame Jil Matheson | 1 September 2009 - 1 July 2014 |
| John Pullinger | 1 July 2014 - 1 July 2019 |
| Jonathan Athow | 1 July - 22 October 2019 (Interim National Statistician) |
| Sir Ian Diamond | 22 October 2019 - present |
Download this table
.xls .csv
| Deputy National Statistician (DNS) | Date |
|---|---|
| Stephen Penneck | 9 November 2009 – 21 September 2012 (Chief Executive) |
| Glen Watson | 1 October 2012- 22 April 2015 (Chief Executive) 23 April 2015 – 31 December 2016 (DNS for Population and Public Policy) |
| Interim arrangement in place for DNS Population and Public Policy. Cover provided by: Pete Benton Neil Wooding, and Ian Cope Ian Cope | 1 November – 1 June 2017 |
| Jonathan Athow (DNS for Economic Statistics) | 1 June 2015 – present |
| Iain Bell (DNS for Population and Public Policy) | 1 June 2017 - present |
| Heather Savory (DNS for Data Capability) | 13 April 2015 – 1 December 2019 |
| Frankie Kay (DNS for Data Capability) | 15 July 2019 – present (temporary promotion) |
Download this table
.xls .csv
| Head of Economic Statistics¹ | Date |
|---|---|
| Joe Grice | 2007 – 31 October 2016 |
| Nicholas Vaughan | 8 September 2014 – 31 October 2018 |
| Grant Fitzner | 26 November 2018 – present |
Download this table
.xls .csv
| Head of Prices Division | Date |
|---|---|
| Derek Bird | 3 January 2012 – 31 July 2016 |
| Mike Prestwood | 1 July 2015 – 19 February 2018 |
| Mike Hardie | 19 March 2018 – present |
Download this table
.xls .csv