Archive of National Statistics Documents

Independence for statistics - 2005 to date

• Response to HM Treasury consultation, May 2006
• Note on pre-release access and international practice, July 2006

Legislation

• Call for Statistical Legislation, October 2004 PDF

The arrival of National Statistics, 2000-2002

• RSS NEWS article on the June 2000 meeting "National Statistics: vision and values"
• Evidence submitted to the Treasury Committee in October 2000
• Statistics Commission - Response to the consultation on the need for legislation on National Statistics, 2002 (PDF file)

Campaigning for independent statistics, 1997-1999

• RSS Response to the Green Paper "Statistics: A Matter of Trust", May 1998
• RSS media response to the White Paper "Building Trust in Statistics", Oct. 1999
• RSS Response to the White Paper "Building Trust in Statistics", Dec. 1999
• Letter from the President of the RSS to the Prime Minister, Dec. 1999

The Code of Practice and its protocols

• Media release - RSS demands progress on National Statistics code of practice, Jan. 2001
• Society's response to the consultation on the National Statistics Code of Practice, Apr. 2002
• Links to the three consultative documents issued by National Statistics, and the National Statistician's response to the completed consultation, can be viewed at:
  www.statistics.gov.uk/about/consultations/general_consultations/default.asp
• The finalised Code of Practice, post-consultation, can be viewed at:
  www.statistics.gov.uk/about_ns/cop/default.asp
• Protocol on Data Presentation, Dissemination and Pricing (RSS response - PDF)
• Protocol on Professional Competence (RSS response - PDF)
• Protocol on Quality Management (RSS response - PDF)
• Protocol on Revisions (RSS response - PDF)
• Protocol on User Consultation (RSS response - PDF)
• Protocol on Data Access and Confidentiality (RSS response - PDF)
• Protocol on Data Management, Documentation, and Preservation (RSS response - PDF)

Protocol Breaches

• Retail Sales: Unauthorised release, September 2004 PDF

Other material

• Address by Jack Straw MP to the RSS 1995