Andrew Dilnot#Dilnot Commission

{{short description|British economist and broadcaster|bot=PearBOT 5}}

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| office1 = Warden of Nuffield College, Oxford

| term_start1 = 2012

| term_end1 = 2024

| predecessor1 = Sir Stephen Nickell

| successor1 = Julia Black

| office2 = Principal of St Hugh's College, Oxford

| term_start2 = 2002

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| predecessor2 = Derek Wood KC

| successor2 = Lady Elish Angiolini KC

| office3 = Chair, UK Statistics Authority

| predecessor3 =Michael Scholar

| successor3 = David Norgrove

| primeminister3 = David Cameron
Theresa May

| termstart3 = April 2012

| termend3 = March 2017

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Sir Andrew William Dilnot, {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CBE}} (born 19 June 1960) is a British economist and broadcaster. He was director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies from 1991 to 2002, and principal of St Hugh's College, Oxford from 2002 to 2012, and Warden of Nuffield College, Oxford from 2012 to 2024. He served as Chair of the UK Statistics Authority from April 2012 until March 2017.[http://www.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/about-the-authority/meet-the-board/andrew-dilnot-cbe/index.html Chair of the Statistics Authority] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130628041005/http://www.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/about-the-authority/meet-the-board/andrew-dilnot-cbe/index.html |date=28 June 2013 }}

Early life and education

Dilnot attended Olchfa School, Swansea, a state comprehensive school. He also attended Maidstone Grammar School.{{cn|date=May 2024}} He studied Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at St John's College, Oxford.{{cn|date=May 2024}}

Career

Dilnot was director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies from 1991 to 2002.{{cite web |url=http://www.st-hughs.ox.ac.uk/people/academic-staff/fellows/mr-andrew-dilnot |title=St Hugh's College - University of Oxford |publisher=St Hugh's College, Oxford |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110120090828/http://www.st-hughs.ox.ac.uk/people/academic-staff/fellows/mr-andrew-dilnot |archive-date=20 January 2011 }}

Dilnot was a presenter on BBC Radio 4's programme about statistics More or Less. Many of the items on the programme deal with the misuse and fabrication of statistics.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/more_or_less/1628552.stm|title=BBC NEWS - Programmes - More Or Less - More or Less presenter Andrew Dilnot|website=news.bbc.co.uk|date=30 October 2001 }} Dilnot and Michael Blastland wrote The Tiger That Isn't, which was based on More or Less.The Tiger That Isn't pp. 1–5 (Introduction)

Dilnot became principal of St Hugh's College in 2002, then the only head of house at an Oxford college educated at a comprehensive school.The Swan, Issue 1 (4 October 2010) He became a Pro Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University in 2005.

On 16 March 2011, it was announced that "with very mixed emotions" Dilnot was to leave St Hugh's College in September 2012 to become warden of Nuffield College, Oxford, "which will allow me to spend much more time doing economics again."{{cite web |title=Message from the Principal, Andrew Dilnot CBE |publisher=St Hugh's College, Oxford |url=http://www.st-hughs.ox.ac.uk/news-and-events/current/message-from-the-principal,-andrew-dilnot-cbe |access-date=19 April 2012 |archive-date=12 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130212073804/http://www.st-hughs.ox.ac.uk/news-and-events/current/message-from-the-principal,-andrew-dilnot-cbe |url-status=dead }}The Swan, Issue 14{{cite web |title=Andrew Dilnot appointed new Warden of Nuffield College |url=http://www.nuffieldfoundation.org/news/andrew-dilnot-appointed-new-warden-nuffield-college |publisher=Nuffield Foundation |date=24 March 2011}} He retired in 2024.{{cite web |title=Sir Andrew Dilnot to Retire as Warden of Nuffield College |url=https://www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/news-events/news/sir-andrew-dilnot-to-retire-as-warden-of-nuffield-college |website=Nuffield College |date=16 March 2023 |access-date=24 February 2025}}

In 2011, the government nominated Dilnot to be Chair of the UK Statistics Authority.{{cite web|url=http://fullfact.org/blog/Andrew_Dilnot__Chair_UK_Statistics_Authority-3156 |title=Andrew Dilnot to Chair the UK Statistics Authority (And why it matters) | Full Fact |access-date=2011-12-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111203222034/http://fullfact.org/blog/Andrew_Dilnot__Chair_UK_Statistics_Authority-3156 |archive-date=3 December 2011 }} Parliament formally endorsed the appointment on 13 December 2011.{{cite web|url=http://fullfact.org/blog/Andrew_Dilnot_UK_statistics_authority-3190 |title=Commons endorses Andrew Dilnot as new Chair of UK Statistics Authority | Full Fact |access-date=2011-12-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120603040429/http://fullfact.org/blog/Andrew_Dilnot_UK_statistics_authority-3190 |archive-date=3 June 2012 }} Andrew Dilnot is no longer chair of the authority, having stood down in 2017.

In 2019, Dilnot became chair of the Health Foundation's oversight board for the [https://www.health.org.uk/article/real-centre-research-and-economic-analysis-for-the-long-term REAL Centre] (formerly Health and Social Care Sustainability Research Centre), which was set up to help health and social care policymakers consider long-term implications of their funding, design and delivery decisions.

Commission on Funding of Care and Support

In June 2010, Dilnot was asked by the government to chair the Commission on Funding of Care and Support.{{cite web|url=http://www.dilnotcommission.dh.gov.uk/|title=[ARCHIVED CONTENT] UK Government Web Archive – The National Archives|first=Internet Memory|last=Foundation|website=dilnotcommission.dh.gov.uk|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130323004757/http://www.dilnotcommission.dh.gov.uk/|archive-date=23 March 2013|url-status=dead}} He took a sabbatical from St Hugh's College from March to July 2011.

The commission published its report in July 2011. The commission's primary recommendation was to limit individuals' contribution to social care costs to £35,000, after which the state would pay. Currently, individuals who do not fit means-tested criteria can be liable for unlimited costs.

The commission's report was welcomed by Health Secretary Andrew Lansley, and both David Cameron and Ed Miliband called for cross-party talks on the issue.{{cite news |url=http://metro.co.uk/2011/07/04/david-cameron-and-ed-miliband-seek-talks-over-andrew-dilnot-care-report-64600/ |title=David Cameron and Ed Miliband seek talks over Andrew Dilnot care report |date=4 July 2011 |newspaper=Metro}}

Honours

Dilnot was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2000 Birthday Honours and knighted in the 2013 Birthday Honours for services to Economics and Economic Policy.{{London Gazette |issue=55879 |date=19 June 2000 |page=8 |supp=y}}{{London Gazette |issue=60534 |date=15 June 2013 |page=1 |supp=y}}

He is an Honorary Fellow of St John's College, Oxford, Queen Mary University of London, the Swansea Institute of Higher Education and the Institute of Actuaries, and holds honorary doctorates from City University and the Open University.