Dame Jilian Norma Matheson (born 27 March 1953) is the former National Statistician of the United Kingdom.

Career

Matheson joined the

Office of Population Censuses and Surveys The Office of Population Censuses and Surveys (OPCS), was created in May 1970 through the merger of the General Register Office and the Government Social Survey Department. It was a forerunner and constituent, with the UK Central Statistical Of ...

in 1975. She worked on the Expenditure and Food Survey and the

General Household Survey The General Household Survey (GHS) was a survey conducted of private households in Great Britain by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The aim of this survey was to provide government departments and organisations with information on a ran ...

. After 1998 she worked on Neighbourhood Statistics. At the ONS, between 2004-08, she was the Director of Census, Demographic and Regional Statistics. She became Director General for Statistics Delivery at the ONS in 2008 with responsibility for the delivery of all ONS statistical operations and outputs, and for the development of the ONS’ statistical portfolio in consultation with users. She has been elected a

Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences The Fellowship of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS) is an award granted by the Academy of Social Sciences to leading academics, policy-makers, and practitioners of the social sciences. Fellows were previously known as Academicians and used the ...

(FAcSS) in 2001, a member of the

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, and a

Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society The Royal Statistical Society (RSS) is an established statistical society. It has three main roles: a British learned society for statistics, a professional body for statisticians and a charity which promotes statistics for the public good. ...

(FRSS).

National Statistician

Matheson succeeded Dame Karen Dunnell as National Statistician on 1 September 2009, and Chief Executive of the

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(and 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 The ONS is responsible for ...

). She retired from these roles on 30 June 2014. She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the Bath (DCB) in the

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for services to government statistics.

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''More or Less'' September 2009
{{DEFAULTSORT:Matheson, Jil Fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences Directors of the Office for National Statistics Civil servants in the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys 1953 births Living people Women statisticians Dames Commander of the Order of the Bath British statisticians

Career

National Statistician

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