OSR is led by the Director General for Regulation, Ed Humpherson. The Director General is supported by a leadership team which includes:

Deputy Head – Rob Kent-Smith – drives OSR’s development as a regulator, focusing on strategy, capability and impact, and how we secure positive change in the statistics system.

Assessment Programme Lead – Mark Pont. Also heads our Newport site and leads engagement in Wales. Domain sponsor for Economy, Business and Trade; Economy; Labour Market and Welfare; and Transport, Environment and Climate Change domains.

Systemic Review Programme Lead – Gail Rankin. Also heads our Edinburgh site and leads engagement in Scotland. Domain sponsor for Children, Education and Skills; Crime and Security; Health and Social Care; and Housing, Planning and Local Services domains.

Head of Casework – Elise Rohan. Leads the delivery of our casework programme and manages the operation of the casework team (based in the Director General’s private office) and is domain sponsor for our Population and Society domain.

Head of Development and Impact – Helen Miller-Bakewell. Has oversight of our research and innovation work and leads the Research function, the Policy and Standards function and the Data and Methods function. Also heads our London site and leads on engagement in Northern Ireland.

Through our regulatory domains, our statistics regulators engage with users and producers of statistics, identify risks around the potential misuse of statistics and intervene in a timely way, and manage programmes of work to deliver on our priorities. We work flexibly across our domains, drawing on support from colleagues and bringing together cross-cutting teams where it adds value.

For a list of projects which are programmed for each domain please refer to our Rolling Regulatory Work Programme which is updated approximately every 6 weeks in-year. You may also visit the domain pages on our website where you can find more information on live projects and contact details. Our domains are:

• Children, Education and Skills
• Crime and Security
• Economy, Business and Trade
• Health and Social Care
• Housing, Planning and Local Services
• Labour Market and Welfare
• Population and Society
• Transport, Environment and Climate Change

Complementing our domain activities, we have four key functions that help drive forward our ambitions. Common elements to these functions are that they are innovation-led and that they broaden our reach – both in the way we gather and process intelligence and the way that we share what we have learned with our stakeholders. Each of these functions are supported by our team of regulators.

Research – Leading a better understanding of the public good is the foundation of our vision. We can’t deliver on our vision of statistics that serve the public without a proper understanding of what this means.

Data and Methods – Our Data and Methods programme underpins all parts of our work. There are three dimensions: applying data science techniques to support our regulators; data and methods in government; and AI policy.

Insight – Our Insight function has strategic oversight of how OSR uses intelligence and data to deliver on our vision. The function provides the expertise and infrastructure to support a culture of insight across OSR that will inform how we regulate and inform and benefit the wider statistical system.

Policy and Standards – Our policy and standards function maintains the Code of Practice for Statistics and the associated policies and guidance and leads on promoting and supporting adoption of the Code across the UK.

Private Office and Casework – Private Office supports the Director General for Regulation and coordinates our Casework Programme, which undertakes monitoring to identify and investigate issues raised with the Authority.

External Affairs and Digital Communications – This team oversees OSR’s communications strategy and provides the Director General and his team with expert communications support and advice. The team also lead our website, publishing and social media strategy.

Regulation Support – This team supports OSR business and resource planning, management of our work programme, and evaluation of our impact. It also coordinates the Insight function. The team also provides local business support across all our sites.