Statutory Instruments
Official Statistics
Made
9th May 2013
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 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.
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Official Statistics Order 2013.
(2) This Order comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
2. The Official Statistics Order 2010(2) is revoked.
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) does not apply to statistics which are wholly Scottish devolved statistics or wholly Northern Ireland devolved statistics.
Nick Hurd
Parliamentary Secretary
Cabinet Office
9th May 2013
Article 3(1)
Arts Council of England
Board of the Pension Protection Fund
British Film Institute
British Tourist Authority
British Transport Police Authority
Care Quality Commission
Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service
Coal Authority
Competition Commission
Consumer Council for Water
Consumer Panel established under section 16 of the Communications Act 2003(3)
English Sports Council
Environment Agency
Financial Conduct Authority
Gambling Commission
Health and Social Care Information Centre
Her Majesty’s Inspectors of Constabulary
Higher Education Statistics Agency
Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England
Homes and Communities Agency
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority
Independent Police Complaints Commission
Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Judicial Appointments Commission
Marine Management Organisation
National Lottery Commission
Natural England
Natural Environment Research Council
NHS Business Services Authority
National Health Service Commissioning Board
National Health Service Litigation Authority
Office of Communications
Parole Board
Pensions Regulator
Rail Passengers Council
Sentencing Council for England and Wales
Student Loans Company
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
Youth Justice Board for England and Wales
(This note is not part of the Order)
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. Section 6(1)(b) of the Act provides that such other statistics as may be specified by order are also 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 2010 (“the 2010 Order”) and provides a revised list of persons. The Schedule lists 39 persons, omitting 21 persons from the list contained in the 2010 Order and adding 5 new persons. The new additions are the British Film Institute, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, the National Health Service Commissioning Board, the National Health Service Litigation Authority and the Sentencing Council for England and Wales.
The persons listed in the Schedule include 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.
S.I. 2010/2893. The Order was amended by article 17 of S.I. 2012/765 and by S.I. 2013/472.