Joseph William Grice (born 25 July 1952) is Chief Economist to the
Office for National Statistics
The Office for National Statistics (ONS; cy, Swyddfa Ystadegau Gwladol) is the executive office of the UK Statistics Authority, a non-ministerial department which reports directly to the UK Parliament.
Overview
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Early life
He was born in
Tamworth in
Staffordshire
Staffordshire (; postal abbreviation Staffs.) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. It borders Cheshire to the northwest, Derbyshire and Leicestershire to the east, Warwickshire to the southeast, the West Midlands Cou ...
. He was educated at
Worcester College, Oxford
Worcester College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. The college was founded in 1714 by the benefaction of Sir Thomas Cookes, 2nd Baronet (1648–1701) of Norgrove, Worcestershire, whose coat of arms w ...
, receiving a BA in
PPE in 1972.
Career
HM Treasury
In
HM Treasury
His Majesty's Treasury (HM Treasury), occasionally referred to as the Exchequer, or more informally the Treasury, is a department of His Majesty's Government responsible for developing and executing the government's public finance policy and ec ...
he was Director of Macroeconomic Policy, and also the Chief Economist to the Public Services Directorate from 2000-03.
Office for National Statistics
He has been Chief Economist at the ONS since 2007.
He is responsible for the production of UK economic statistics such as GDP, inflation and labour market figures.
Note that as of November 2018, th
ONS websiteno longer references Mr. Grice and lists Nick Vaughan as Chief Economist, suggesting that Mr. Grice has changed jobs.
Personal life
He has two sons and one daughter. He married Deborah Wicks in 1976 in Oxford.
References
External links
Green Growth Knowledge
Alumni of Worcester College, Oxford
British economists
Civil servants in the Office for National Statistics
People from Tamworth, Staffordshire
1952 births
Living people
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