between 2013 and 2014.

In 2014, Pullinger was appointed to replace Dame Jil Matheson as the UK National Statistician, Head of Governmental Statistical Service, Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority and Permanent Secretary of the ONS. He held this role until 2019. During this period he also chaired the United Nations Commission responsible for setting global measurement standards. As of 2015, Pullinger was paid a salary of between £150,000 and