National Statistics

Society submissions on government legislation regarding official statistics:

• RSS Response to the Green Paper "Statistics: A Matter of Trust", May 1998
• RSS Response to the White Paper "Building Trust in Statistics", Dec. 1999
• 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)
• RSS View of Statistics Commission's Report on the need for Statistical Legislation
• Statistics User Forum (SUF) response to NS User Consultation project
• RSS response to consultation on pre-release access March 2008  (*.pdf 63kb)

Society submissions on the National Statistics Code of Practice and its protocols:

• Society's response to ONS consultation on the protocol on statistical integration and classification, August 2007
• Society's response to the consultation on the National Statistics Code of Practice, Apr. 2002
• Protocol on Data Presentation, Dissemination and Pricing (RSS response)
• Protocol on Professional Competence (RSS response)
• Protocol on Quality Management (RSS response)
• Protocol on Revisions (RSS response)
• Protocol on User Consultation (RSS response)
• Protocol on Data Access and Confidentiality (RSS response)
• Protocol on Data Management, Documentation, and Preservation (RSS response)