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Revision as of 13:18, 12 March 2017

John James Pullinger
CB
UK National Statistician
Assumed office
2014-07-01
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Minister for the Cabinet OfficeFrancis Maude (until May 2015), Matthew Hancock (May 2015 - July 2016), Ben Gummer (since July 2016)
Chair, UK Statistics AuthoritySir Andrew Dilnot
Preceded byDame Jil Matheson
Personal details
Born (1959-06-01) 1 June 1959 (age 65)

John James Pullinger CB (born 1 June 1959) is the National Statistician for the United Kingdom, serving in this role since 1 July 2014.[1][2]

Career

Pullinger was a statistician in the Central Statistical Office and later the Office for National Statistics from 1980, finally rising to Director of Social Statistics in 1996. In 2004 he became the Director-General of Information Services and Librarian of the House of Commons.[3] He was the President of the Royal Statistical Society for 2013-14.[4][2]

In 2014, Pullinger was appointed to replace Dame Jil Matheson as the British National Statistician and the Permanent Secretary-graded Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority. As of 2015, Pullinger was paid a salary of between £150,000 and £154,999, making him one of the 328 most highly paid people in the British public sector at that time.[5]

Personal life

Pullinger was educated at Alleyn's School, Dulwich, the University of Exeter and Harvard Business School.[3][2] In the New Year Honours for 2014, Pullinger was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB).[6]

In July 2016, Pullinger was awarded an honorary degree from the University of Exeter for outstanding achievements in the field of statistics.

References

  1. ^ Spence, Peter (12 May 2014). "Meet John Pullinger: The UK's new national statistician". City A.M. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
  2. ^ a b c A & C Black (2015). PULLINGER, John James (online ed.). Oxford University Press. Retrieved 9 March 2016. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  3. ^ a b "New president takes over" (PDF). RSS News. Vol. 41, no. 1. Royal Statistical Society. February 2013. pp. 1 & 3.
  4. ^ "John Pullinger - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  5. ^ "Senior officials 'high earners' salaries as at 30 September 2015 - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. 17 December 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  6. ^ "The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 60728 p.1". 31 December 2013.