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
Official Statistics
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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.
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.
2. The Official Statistics Order 2009(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) Paragraph (1) does not apply to statistics which are wholly Scottish devolved statistics.
Name
Parliamentary Secretary
Cabinet Office
Date
Article 3(1)
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
(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.