MHCLG
Director for Analysis and Data
Stephen Aldridge acts as the chair for our Steering Group, and is the Director for Analysis and Data at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
A government economist by background, Stephen was previously Chief Economist and then Director of the Strategy Unit in the Cabinet Office.
He has also worked in the Department of Trade and Industry; various predecessors to MHCLG; the Cabinet Secretariats; and Her Majesty’s Treasury. He has been chair of the cross-Whitehall analysts’ group on public sector efficiency, set up by the Government Economic Service, since the beginning of 2014.
Stephen is a member of the National What Works Advisory Council; a member of the international advisory board for the UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence; and other bodies. He is a fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences and a continuing fellow at the Centre for Science and Policy at the University of Cambridge.