19.The Board also has a number of statistical functions that are not confined to official statistics and National Statistics. These include the power to provide statistical services to any person (section 22) and a power to promote and assist statistical research (section 23).
20.The Board is required to lay an annual report before Parliament, the Scottish Parliament, the National Assembly for Wales, and the Northern Ireland Assembly (section 27) and to exercise its functions efficiently and cost-effectively (section 28).
21.Section 21 (with Schedule 1) provides for the transfer of statistical functions, including the Census, from the Registrar General for England and Wales to the Board. Section 24 enables a Minister of the Crown (or a Welsh Minister or a Northern Ireland department) to delegate to the Board functions relating to the production of statistics.
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