non-Crown Bodies

The Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 defines 'official statistics' as those produced by Crown bodies. The Act also makes provision for Ministers of the Crown, or the Devolved Administrations, to specify through secondary legislation which non-Crown Bodies also produce 'official statistics'.

If the statistics produced by a non-Crown body are declared to be 'official statistics', this means that:

• those statistics can be monitored by the UK Statistics Authority, who can subsequently comment on them
• those statistics will be eligible for assessment to become 'National Statistics', and
• the Statistic Authority's Code of Practice for Statistics (including the rules and principles for pre-release access) will apply to those statistics. However, unless those statistics are National Statistics, no penalty will apply if the Code is not followed

To date, ministers have specified that the following non-Crown bodies should come within the remit of the UK Statistics Authority:

Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (Department of)

British Hallmarking Council
Certification Officer
Coal Authority
Consumer Panel
Design Council
Energywatch
Hearing Aid Council
Natural Environment Research Council
Office of Communications

Communities and Local Government (Department for)

Audit Commission for Local Authorities and the National Health Service in England and Wales
English Partnerships (the Urban Regeneration Agency and the Commission for New Towns)
The Housing Corporation

Defence (Ministry of)

Fleet Air Arm Museum
National Army Museum
Royal Airforce Museum
Royal Marines Museum
Royal Navy Museum
Royal Navy Submarine Museum 

Health (Department for)

Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection
Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI)
Health Protection Agency (HPA)
National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA)
National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse (NTA)
The Information Centre (IC) for health and social care

Home Office

HM Inspectorate of Constabulary
Independent Police Complaints Commission
National Policing Improvement Agency 

Innovation, Universities and Skills (Department of)

Higher Education Statistics Agency
Learning and Skills Council for England
Student Loans Company

Justice (Ministry of)

Parole Board
Youth Justice Board for England and Wales

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland Policing Board
Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland
Police Service of Northern Ireland
Probation Board for Northern Ireland