§ The Earl of Northeskasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether the concordat on statistics between the United Kingdom administrations has been agreed; and, if not, when agreement on it is likely to be reached. [HL857]
§ Lord McIntosh of HaringeyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the Director of the Office for National Statistics, who has been asked to reply.
90WALetter to the Earl of Northesk from the Director of the Office for National Statistics, Dr T Holt, dated 9 February 2000.
As Director of the Office for National Statistics (ONS), I have been asked to reply to your recent parliamentary Question on the concordat on statistics between the United Kingdom administrations.
A concordat on statistics was included in the Memorandum of Understanding and supplementary agreements between the United Kingdom Government, Scottish Ministers and the Cabinet of the National Assembly for Wales which was laid before the House in October 1999 (Cm 4444).