The Official Statistics Order 2010

Draft Order laid before Parliament under section 65(2) of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.

Draft Statutory Instruments

2010 No.

Official Statistics

The Official Statistics Order 2010

Made

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Coming into force in accordance with Article 1(2)

This Order is made by the Minister for the Cabinet Office in exercise of the powers conferred by section 6(1)(b) and (2) of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007(1).

In accordance with section 6(3) of that Act the Minister has consulted with the Statistics Board.

In accordance with section 65(2) of that Act a draft of this instrument was laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.

Citation and commencement

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Official Statistics Order 2010.

(2) This Order comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

Revocation

2.  The Official Statistics Order 2009(2) is revoked.

Official Statistics

3.—(1) To the extent that they are not otherwise official statistics by virtue of section 6(1)(a) of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007, the statistics produced, or to be produced, by the persons listed in the Schedule to this Order are specified as official statistics for the purposes of section 6(1)(b) of that Act.

(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to statistics which are wholly Scottish devolved statistics.

Name

Parliamentary Secretary

Cabinet Office

Date

Article 3(1)

SCHEDULE

Arts Council of England

Audit Commission for Local Authorities and the National Health Service in England

Board of the Pension Protection Fund

British Educational Communications and Technology Agency

British Tourist Authority

British Transport Police Authority

Care Quality Commission

Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland

Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service

Coal Authority

Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment

Commission for Rural Communities

Competition Commission

Consumer Council for Water

Consumer Panel established under section 16 of the Communications Act 2003(3)

Design Council

English Sports Council

Environment Agency

Financial Services Authority

Gambling Commission

Health and Social Care Information Centre

Health Protection Agency

Her Majesty’s Inspectors of Constabulary

Higher Education Statistics Agency

Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England

Homes and Communities Agency

Independent Police Complaints Commission

Joint Nature Conservation Committee

Judicial Appointments Commission

Marine Management Organisation

Museums, Libraries and Archives Council

National College for Leadership of Schools and Children’s Services Limited

National Consumer Council

National Lottery Commission

National Patient Safety Agency

National Policing Improvement Agency

National Treatment Agency

Natural England

Natural Environment Research Council

NHS Business Services Authority

Northern Ireland Policing Board

Nuclear Decommissioning Authority

Office of Communications

Parole Board

Pensions Regulator

Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland

Probation Board for Northern Ireland

Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency

Rail Passengers Council

Regulator of Social Housing

School Food Trust

Student Loans Company

Sustainable Development Commission

Training and Development Agency for Schools

UK Film Council

United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority

Youth Justice Board for England and Wales

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

Section 6(1)(a) of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 (“the Act”) provides that statistics produced by the Statistics Board, a government department, the Scottish Administration, a Welsh ministerial authority, a Northern Ireland department, or any other person acting on behalf of the Crown are official statistics.

This Order has the effect of designating the statistics produced, or to be produced, by the persons listed in the Schedule as official statistics, to the extent that they are not otherwise official statistics by virtue of section 6(1)(a) of the Act. This Order revokes the Official Statistics Order 2009 and provides an enlarged list of persons in the Schedule. The Schedule includes 57 persons of which 6 are new additions to the list, and 3 are omitted from the list in the previous Order. The new bodies to the list are the Marine Management Organisation, the British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (known as “Becta”), the Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency, the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service, the National College for Leadership of Schools and Children’s Services Limited and the NHS Business Services Authority.

The list includes a number of registered charities although this Order does not impose any additional burdens on them. An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.

(1)

2007 c.18.

(2)

S.I. 2009/753.

(3)

2003 c. 21.