Our aims

to provide authoritative, timely and accessible statistics and analysis that enable decision making across UK society, anticipate needs and support public accountability
to be a trusted and leading supplier of national government statistical expertise and surveys
to maintain a dynamic portfolio of statistical sources, which reflects changing data needs
to deliver the sources portfolio in a way that meets user expectations of quality within the available resources
to minimise the burden on respondents for all survey collections
our people, systems and processes are able to develop the current business and to respond rapidly to changing demands
to identify social and technological changes that will impact on what we do and how we do it