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| Statistics and Registration Service Bill, As Amended
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘The National Statistician shall have right of direct access to the Prime Minister |
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| | on any matter involving the integrity of official statistics or a dispute with a |
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| | government department regarding official statistics.’. |
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| | Functions and objectives of the Board |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | The functions and objectives of the Board shall include— |
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| | (a) | supervising the production and release of official statistics for the public |
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| | (b) | promoting and safeguarding good practice in relation to official statistics |
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| | with the goal of ensuring that, wherever possible, such statistics are |
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| | produced and released according to the highest standards of quality, |
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| | integrity and impartiality and are free from political interference; |
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| | (c) | promoting the comprehensiveness of official statistics; |
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| | (d) | monitoring the activities of the National Statistician; and |
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| | (e) | monitoring and assessing compliance with the Code of Practice referred |
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| | to in section 10 by the authorities falling under the provisions of section |
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| | (2) | The Board shall not be directly involved in production of statistics.’. |
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| | Role and objectives of the National Statistician |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | The role and objectives of the National Statistician shall include— |
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| | (a) | producing statistics; |
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| | (b) | co-ordinating statistical planning and production across government |
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| | (c) | promoting consistency in the production of statistics across the United |
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| | (2) | The National Statistician shall be the Government’s chief advisor on statistics, |
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| | including on matters relating to the planning, production and quality of official |
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| | (3) | The National Statistician shall provide professional leadership to all persons |
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| | within government who are engaged in statistical production or release.’. |
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| | Legal obligation to obey the code of practice |
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| | Negatived on division nc4 |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘The Board, the National Statistician, government departments, the Scottish |
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| | Administration, Welsh Ministerial authorities, Northern Ireland departments and |
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| | any other person acting on behalf of the Crown in the production or publication |
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| | of official statistics shall— |
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| | (a) | comply with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics; and |
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| | (b) | consult the Board on matters of interpretation of the Code where |
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| Page 14, line 40 [Clause 36], at end insert— |
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| | ‘(1A) | Personal information under subsection (1) shall not be used except in relation to |
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| | the exercise of any of the functions of the Board and the National Statistician.’. |
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| Page 14, line 40 [Clause 36], at end insert— |
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| | ‘(1A) | Personal data may be disclosed by the National Statistician under subsection |
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| | (a) | to approved researchers; |
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| | (b) | to other authorities for uses consistent with the functions of the Board and |
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| | the National Statistician under the provisions of sections 48 to 50; |
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| | (c) | with the consent of the person to whom it relates; |
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| | (d) | under a community obligation for statistical purposes; and |
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| | (e) | to service providers under the provisions of section 38.’. |
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| Page 15, line 12 [Clause 36], at end insert ‘and only where the information is being |
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| made available for statistical purposes’. |
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| Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer |
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| Page 15, line 19 [Clause 36], at end insert— |
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| | ‘(fa) | is made, in the interests of national security, to an Intelligence Service,’ |
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| Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer |
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| Page 15, line 23 [Clause 36], leave out from ‘access’ to end of line 24 and insert ‘, |
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| for the purposes of statistical research, to personal information held by it.’. |
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| | Pre-release access to official statistics |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | The Board shall prepare, adopt and publish a Code of Practice for the pre-release |
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| | (2) | The Board may at any time revise the Code of Practice for the pre-release of |
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| | official statistics and, if decides to do so, must publish the Code as revised. |
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| | (3) | In preparing or revising the Code of Practice for the pre-release of official |
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| | statistics, the Board must consult— |
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| | (a) | the authorities responsible for the production and release of official |
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| | statistics falling under the provisions of section 6(1)(a), and |
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| | (b) | such other persons as it thinks fit. |
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| | (4) | The Code of Practice for the pre-release of official statistics shall have regard to |
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| | (a) | the circumstances in which, or descriptions of statistics in relation to |
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| | which, pre-release access may or may not be granted; |
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| | (b) | the persons, or descriptions of persons, to whom pre-release access may |
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| | (c) | the period, or maximum period, during which pre-release access may be |
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| | (d) | the conditions subject to which pre-release access may be granted. |
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| | (5) | The Board shall publish annually— |
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| | (a) | a list of statistics to which pre-release access has been granted under the |
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| | provisions of the Code of Practice for the pre-release of official statistics |
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| | and the dates of publication; and |
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| | (b) | a list of all persons granted pre-release access under the provisions of the |
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| | Code of Practice for the pre-release of official statistics. |
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| | (6) | The Board, the National Statistician, government departments, the Scottish |
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| | Administration, Welsh Ministerial authorities, Northern Ireland departments and |
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| | any other person acting on behalf of the Crown in the production or publication |
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| | of official statistics shall— |
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| | (a) | comply with the Code of Practice for the pre-release of official statistics; |
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| | (b) | consult the Board on matters of interpretation of the Code where |
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| | Establishment of a Commission for Official Statistics |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | There shall be a commission named the Commission for Official Statistics (in this |
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| | Act referred to as “the Commission”) for— |
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| | (a) | determining the funding of the Board; and |
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| | (b) | scrutinising the funding of the production of national statistics and |
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| | (2) | Notwithstanding (1)(b) the Commission will not have the power to scrutinise the |
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| | funding of those statistics produced by— |
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| | (a) | the Scottish Administration, |
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| | (b) | the Welsh Assembly Government, or |
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| | (c) | a Northern Ireland Assembly. |
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| | (3) | The Commission shall consist of six members of the House of Commons |
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| | appointed by the House of Commons and six Members of the House of Lords |
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| | appointed by the House of Lords, none of whom shall be a Minister of the Crown. |
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| | (4) | The Commission shall, from time to time, present to each House of Parliament a |
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| | report on the exercise of its functions. |
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| | (5) | Schedule (Commission for Official Statistics) to this Act shall have effect as |
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| | regards the Commission.’. |
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| Page 2, line 6 [Clause 3], leave out ‘Treasury’ and insert ‘Cabinet Office’. |
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| Page 2, line 6 [Clause 3], at end insert— |
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| | ‘(c) | at least one person appointed by Scottish Ministers.’. |
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| Page 2, line 6 [Clause 3], at end insert— |
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| | ‘(c) | at least one person appointed by Welsh Ministers.’. |
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| Page 2, line 7 [Clause 3], leave out ‘Treasury’ and insert ‘Cabinet Office’. |
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| Page 2, line 10 [Clause 3], leave out paragraph (a). |
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| Page 2, line 10 [Clause 3], leave out ‘Treasury’ and insert ‘Cabinet Office’. |
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| Page 2, line 12 [Clause 3], leave out paragraph (b). |
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| Page 2, line 12 [Clause 3], leave out ‘Treasury’ and insert ‘Cabinet Office’. |
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| Page 2, line 14 [Clause 3], leave out ‘Treasury’ and insert ‘Cabinet Office’. |
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| Page 2, line 16 [Clause 3], leave out ‘Treasury’ and insert ‘Cabinet Office’. |
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| Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer |
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| Page 2, line 42 [Clause 4], leave out ‘has misbehaved’ and insert ‘is unfit for office |
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| by reason of misconduct’. |
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| Page 3 [Clause 5], leave out lines 18 and 19 and insert— |
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| | ‘(b) | employed to operate independently of the Board with scrutiny and |
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| | oversight of the role provided by the Board.’. |
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| Page 3, line 38 [Clause 6], leave out ‘Board’ and insert ‘National Statistician’. |
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| Page 4, line 21 [Clause 7], leave out subsection (1). |
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| Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer |
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| Page 4, line 21 [Clause 7], leave out from beginning to end of line 22 and insert— |
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| | ‘(1) | In the exercise of its functions under sections 8 to 19 the Board is to have the |
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| | objective of promoting and safeguarding the production and publication of |
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| | official statistics that serve the public good. |
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| | (2) | In subsection (1) the reference to serving the public good includes in particular— |
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| | (a) | informing the public about social and economic matters, and |
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| | (b) | assisting in the development and evaluation of public policy. |
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| | (3) | The Board is accordingly, in the exercise of its functions under sections 8 to 19, |
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| | to promote and safeguard—’. |
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| Page 4, line 22 [Clause 7], after ‘safeguarding’, insert ‘for the public good’. |
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| Page 4, line 39 [Clause 8], at end insert— |
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| | ‘(4) | The Board shall have responsibility to monitor and assess the performance of the |
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| | National Statistician against the assigned responsibilities.’. |
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| Page 5, line 11 [Clause 10], leave out ‘National’ and insert ‘Official’. |
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| Page 5, line 19 [Clause 10], at end insert— |
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