The Official Statistics Order 2013

Statutory Instruments

2013 No. 1163

Official Statistics

The Official Statistics Order 2013

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.

Citation and commencement

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.

Revocation

2.  The Official Statistics Order 2010(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) 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)

SCHEDULE

• 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

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(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.

(1)

2007 c. 18.

(2)

S.I. 2010/2893. The Order was amended by article 17 of S.I. 2012/765 and by S.I. 2013/472.

(3)

2003 c. 21.