Worries that the 2011 Census will miss its targets are spelled out in an new assessment report

What would it take to narrow the gap in life expectancy between Scotland and England? A revolution in Scottish eating habits, most experts might say.

“Services growth in December pushes up GDP estimate” was the headline on ONS’s press release announcing last week’s revised estimate of GDP in the final quarter of 2009.

Everybody knows that drinking in the UK is out of control, driven by a combination of feckless consumers and complacent supermarkets offering cheap deals. But is everybody right?

ONS has defended its estimates of GDP growth, which have been attacked by economists as excessively gloomy.

 The UK Statistics Authority has issued its pre-election wish-list in a letter from the authority’s Chair, Sir Michael Scholar (pictured), to the leaders of the major political par

In December the Financial Times published a Harris survey of the public's confidence in national statistics across five European countries and the USA.

British doubts over the reliability of official statistics are greater than ever, according to a survey publi

Figures released today show that the UK economy was still in recession in the third quarter of 2009.

At 9.30 am on Wednesday all eyes in the City will be pinned to their screens as the ONS releases its latest estimate of the GDP in the third quarter of 2009.