FOI reference: FOI-2025-3183
You asked
My FOI request is about the ONS leadership team.
Please send me all expense claims by this team over the past three years.
Please tell me their current salaries too.
We said
Thank you for your request.
The associated download details the value of expense claims made by the UK Statistics Authority (the Authority) and Office for National Statistics (ONS) Leadership team over the 3-year period 2022/23 to 2024/25 by each financial year (1 April to 31 March).
Please note, the job titles and individuals in post for the leadership team may have changed over the 3-year period, therefore we have assigned a code per senior staff member.
All figures disclosed are associated with expense claims made by the stated individuals via our systems-based expenses claim process.
Specific job titles of our senior staff can be matched with other information in the public domain to positively identify them. We therefore need to determine whether the release of job titles is compliant with the UK GDPR to release. In particular, we should consider whether it is necessary and proportionate to the aims of this request. Our assessment is that the purpose of this request can be met without the need for us to disclose specific job titles, so have used codes to distinguish between each role. This suppression has been made under Section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).
Expenses associated with the National Statistician post have not been included in the above table, as they are disclosed on the Office for National Statistics webpage: Business expenses claimed - Office for National Statistics. It should be noted that expenses disclosed on this webpage include costs that were booked and paid for via our corporate travel and accommodation provider. Therefore, not all costs listed are associated with expense claim reimbursements.
The Permanent Secretary post at the Authority and ONS, as a separate role to the National Statistician, was established in August 2025. Therefore, there is no expenses or salary information available for the 3 years to 2024/25.
Salary related information for ONS and the Authority Executive Directors can be found in the latest UK Statistics Authority Annual Report and Accounts on pages 89 and 90.