   the office for national statistics (ons) is the executive office of the uk statistics authority, a non-ministerial department which reports directly to the parliament of the united kingdom. == overview == it is charged with the collection and publication of statistics related to the economy, population and society of england and wales at national, regional and local levels. it functions as the executive office of the national statistician, who is also the uk statistics authority's chief executive and principal statistical adviser to the uk's national statistics institute'national statistics institute' and nsi are a standard expression and its acronym used about statistical services in oecd & eu terminology and the 'head office' of the government statistical service (gss). its main office is in newport near the united kingdom intellectual property office and tredegar house, but another significant office is in titchfield in hampshire, and a small office is in london. ons co-ordinates data collection with the respective bodies in northern ireland and scotland, namely nisra and nrs. == history == the ons was formed on 1 april 1996 by the merger of the central statistical office (cso) and the office of population censuses and surveys (opcs).john pullinger (1997) [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0306-7734%28199712%
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