Michael John Mackey Erritt, CB (15 February 1931,

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- 3 October 2002,

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) was the Deputy Director of the British Government Statistical Service.

Education

* St Andrew's College, Dublin * Prince of Wales School,

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(BSc (Econ)).

Career

* Research Officer, Science and Industry Committee, 1953 * Assistant Statistician, Central Statistical Office, 1955 * Statistician:

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, 1960;

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, 1964;

, 1967 * Chief Statistician:

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, 1968; Central Statistical Office, 1973; Departments of Industry, Trade and Prices and Consumer Protection, 1975;

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, 1979 * Assistant Under-Secretary of State and Director of Statistics, Ministry of Defence, 1981 * Assistant Director, Central Statistical Office, 1985-1991; Deputy Director, Government Statistical Service, 1989-1991. He moved from the MoD back to the CSO because

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ordered a reduction in the number of statisticians in the MoD and his post was downgraded.

References

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'' 1931 births 2002 deaths Alumni of Queen's University Belfast Civil servants in the Central Statistical Office (United Kingdom) Civil servants in the Board of Trade Civil servants in HM Treasury Civil servants in the Board of Inland Revenue Civil servants in the Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom) 20th-century English mathematicians Civil servants from Belfast Companions of the Order of the Bath People from Lindfield, West Sussex {{UK-statistician-stub