Principles and Procedures
From time to time we will publish guidance and other material related to Assessment. The following Authority statements are available to download:
- Assessment process - this sets out how the Authority will conduct Assessments of official statistics in accordance with sections 12 and 14 of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007
- Designation as National Statistics - this note complements the Statement of Principles and Procedures for Assessment, published alongside the Code of Practice for Official Statistics in January 2009, and sets out how the Authority will reach a decision on designation of official statistics as National Statistics
- Evidence for Assessments - sets out the approach to collecting evidence from statistical producers, users and other stakeholders for the purposes of conducting Assessments
- Written Evidence for Assessments - provides further information on the written evidence that will be required from statistical producers
- Sequence of the production and approval of Assessment reports - a step-by-step guide to how Assessment reports are produced and approved for publication
- Proposed structure of Assessment reports - information on how Assessment reports will be structured
- Pause and Review exercise - the terms of reference for an exercise to evaluate the Assessment process after the completion of the first tranche of Assessments
