Key Legislative Documents

The Chancellor's statement to Parliament announcing his plans to make ONS independent

HM Treasury's consultation document: 'Independence for statistics' - 22 March 2006

Responses to HM Treasury's consultation document entitled: 'Independence for statistics'

Independence for Statistics 1.14 Mb Pdf document 

The Treasury Sub-Committee's report on HMT's consultation document: 'Independence for statistics'

HC1111 - 26 July 2006

Statistics embargoed report 450.8 Kb Pdf document 

The Statistics and Registration Service Bill - presented to the House of Commons on its First Reading - 22 November 2006

Final Document 252 Kb Pdf document

Research Paper 1.28 Mb Pdf document

A Government Green Paper on 'The Governance of Britain' - 4 July 2007 (This document featured the Government's proposal to reduce the time limit for pre-release access to official statistics to 24 hours)

The Governance of Britain 546 Kb Pdf document

The Governance of Britain News Article  

The Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007

Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 224.9 Kb Pdf document

Explanatory Notes to the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007

SRSA Explained 163.5 Kb Pdf document 

The Treasury Committee's Report on the appointment of the first Chair of the Statistics Board

HC 934-1

Appointment Statistics Board 199.1 Kb Pdf document 

Report on the Appointment of the Chair of the Statistics Board - published by the House of Commons Library - 17 August 2007

Appointment of the Chair of the UK Statistics Authority Board 317.5 Kb Pdf document

HM Treasury's and the Cabinet Office's consultation document: 'Limiting pre-release access to statistics' published - 10 December 2007

Pre-Release Access Consultation Doc 780 Kb Pdf document

The Government's response to its consultation on 'Limiting pre-release access to statistics' published on 17th July 2008

Consultation response document