Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 Explanatory Notes

The Statistics Board, its membership and staff (sections 1 to 5)

13.The new Board is a Non-Ministerial Department (NMD), with a non-executive Chairman who, along with the National Statistician, is appointed by Her Majesty. The Board itself is composed of at least six non-executive members, including the Chairman, and three executive members, one of whom is the National Statistician.

14.The Board may have other employees as needed. These will include the staff in the executive office of the National Statistician involved in the production of statistics, as well as the Board secretariat and those working on assessment of National Statistics.

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