FOI Reference: FOI/2022/4408
You asked
I'd be most grateful if you could let me know the annual budget assigned to the Office of National Statistics?
We said
Thank you for your request.
The Office for National Statistics is the UK's largest independent producer of official statistics and the recognised national statistical institute of the UK. It is responsible for collecting and publishing statistics related to the economy, population and society at national, regional and local levels
For the budget allocated to the Office for National Statistics in financial year 2022/23 please refer to the Central Government Supply Estimates which can be accessed via this link: Central Government Supply Estimates 2022-23 -- Main Supply Estimates (publishing.service.gov.uk).
Pages 467 to 475 within the link details the 2022/23 budget allocation for the Statistics Board. The Statistics Board is the title given to the UK Statistics Authority (UKSA) in the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007, of which the Office for National Statistics is the executive office.
Further information relating to previous years estimates and outturns can be found in the UKSA Annual Report and Accounts which are published on the UKSA website. The latest report (2021/22) can be accessed via the link below, where estimate and outturn figures can be found within the Statement of Outturn against Parliamentary Supply section on pages 100 to 105.
UKSA Annual Report and Accounts 2022 (statisticsauthority.gov.uk)