Development of the ONC methodology was undertaken by a joint team of government and academic researchers, under the direction of Professor Ian Diamond and Professor Ray Chambers at the University of Southampton and including Dr Ludi Simpson of Bradford City Council. The Project Board, chaired by Mr Tim Jones, then Director of Methods and Quality Division at ONS, reported to a Steering Committee which oversaw the methodological development. The Steering Committee included representatives of the academic and local authority communities and a senior representative of the Australian Bureau of Statistics as well as officials from the UK Statistical Service. The members of the Steering Committee were:

Chair:

• Dr John Fox (Chair), Group Director, Census, Population and Surveys, ONS (succeeded by John Pullinger from February 2000).

External members:

• Dr Jim Cuthbert, Consultant, formerly Government Statistical Service
• Professor Denise Lievesley, Director of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics
• Professor Mike Murphy, London School of Economics
• Mr Tim Skinner, Australian Bureau of Statistics
• Professor Mike Titterington, Glasgow University
• Mr Steve Turner, Tees Valley Joint Strategy Unit

Official members:

• Dr Norman Caven, Registrar General for Northern Ireland
• Mr James Meldrum, Registrar General for Scotland
(succeeded by Mr John Randall from February 1999)
• Mr Julian Calder, Group Director, Survey and Statistical Services
• Mr Graham Jones, Director of Census
• Mr Tim Jones, Director of Methods and Quality and Chair of the ONC Project Board
• Ms Judith Walton, Director of Population and Vital Statistics
• Dr Marie Cruddas (Secretary), Statistician, Census Division

This page last updated 01 November 2005