Central Statistical Office

HC Deb 19 April 1994 vol 241 cc425-6W

Mr. Burns

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what key targets have been set for the Central Statistical Office for 1994–95.

Mr. Nelson

The Central Statistical Office's key targets for 1994–95 are set out in the "CSO Programme Strategies 1994–97", a copy of which has been placed in the Library of the House. As before, the targets cover the timeliness of published statistics, the size of revisions, the coherence of key economic statistics, the response rates for statistical inquiries, action to minimise the load on respondents, response times to public requests for information and the CSO's running costs, efficiency improvements and receipts. A number of the targets have been tightened for 1994–95 in recognition of the continuing improvements in the CSO's performance.