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The Statistics Commission is a Non-departmental Public Body established in June 2000 by the UK Government to oversee the work of the Office For National Statistics 1,2 . Its current chairman is David Rhind who succeeded the first chairman, Sir John Kingman , in May 2003 3 . Although it is non-departmental, the Commission is funded by Grant-in-aid from the Treasury 4 . HISTORY The Commission arose from an Election Manifesto commitment by the Labour Government whilst in Opposition to provide independent national statistics 1 . The commitment was implemented by the Government first publishing a Green Paper in 1998 inviting consultation which offered four options for overseeing the production of statistics for Ministers 5 . The subsequent White Paper revealed that, of those four options, the one which received sigificantly more support than the others was the establishment of a Commission 2,6 . Consequently, in drawing up the new framework for national statistics 1,7 , the Statistics Commission was established. Its main function is to "...give independent, reliable and relevant advice on National Statistics to Ministers and, by so doing, to provide an additional safeguard on the quality and integrity of National Statistics." The White Paper charged the Commission with four principal aims 6 :
COMMISSIONERS The current Commissioners are 3
REFERENCES # "Framework for National Statistics", First Edition, Operational from June 2000 . # H.M. Treasury press release announcing outcome of White Paper and creation of the Commission . # List of Statistics Commissioners . # Frequently-asked-questions on the Commission's website #1 #2 # Treasury announcement of the Framework document . SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS |
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