Business structure 1 Outline Background to the ONS

Business structure 1

Outline • Background to the ONS • Where does the ONS fit into the UK Statistics Authority? • The organisational structure of the ONS • The organisational structure of BODD • The International Transactions branch • The survey teams • The GSBPM 2

Background to the ONS • The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is the executive office of the UK Statistics Authority, a non-ministerial department which reports directly to the Parliament of the United Kingdom • Charged with the collection and publication of statistics related to the economy, population and society of England Wales at national, regional and local levels • Main office is here in Newport but another significant office is in Titchfield in Hampshire, and a small office is in London • Formed on 1 April 1996 by the merger of the Central Statistical Office (CSO) and the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys (OPCS) 3

Where does the ONS fit into the UK Statistics Authority? • The UK Statistics Authority is an independent body operating at arm's length from Government as a non-ministerial department, directly accountable to Parliament • It was established on 1 April 2008 by the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 • Two main functions: oversight of the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and independent monitoring and assessment of official statistics across Government • Formed to legislate to render the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and the statistics it generates independent of government 4

ONS organisational structure Permanent Secretary & National Statistician John Pullinger Director General Glen Watson Chief Economic Advisor • Office of the Chief Economic Advisor Analysis & Dissemination • Public Policy Analysis • Digital Publishing • Measuring National Wellbeing • Crime, Regional & Data Access • Admin Data Support & Use National Accounts & Economic Statistics Population & Demography Data Collection • Prices • NA Co-ordination • NA Methods & Developments • Business Indicators & Balance of Payments • Labour Market • Public Sector & Household • Business Outputs & Developments • NA Strategy • Beyond 2011 • Population Statistics • Life Events & Population Sources • Census & WDA • Social Survey • Business Data • Electronic Data Collection • Collection Operations Research, Development & Infrastructure • Applications Development & Support • IT Infrastructure • Population Methodology & Statistical Infrastructure • Survey Methodology & Statistical Computing Strategic Planning, Performance & Capability Finance • People & Performance • Strategy • Service Centre • Portfolio Delivery Unit • Business Change & Transformation • Financial Controller 5

BODD organisational structure Business Outputs & Developments Balance of Payments Investment Income and Coordination (Bo. PIC) UK Trade & Transfers International Transactions PRODCOM Annual Business Survey (ABS) Purchases Inquiry Research & Development, Information Technology Branch (RDIT) • BOPIC – produces Balance of Payments • UK Trade - produces estimates of the exports and imports of goods and services between the UK and the rest of the world • PRODCOM – produces estimates UK manufacturers' sales by product • ABS - key resource for understanding the detailed structure, conduct and performance of businesses across the UK • Purchases Inquiry – setting up new survey to measure the purchases a business has made for intermediate consumption • RDIT - produce and publish a range of quarterly and annual surveys dealing with R&D 6 activity and ICT usage by individuals, households and businesses

International Transactions organisation structure International Transactions Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) International Trade in Services (ITIS) Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Outward Foreign Affiliates Transactions Services (OFATS) Development Team 7

The Generic Statistical Business Process Model (GSBPM) The Generic Statistical Business Processes Model (Version 5) lists the process followed by ONS to produce statistical outputs 8

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