HC Deb 14 November 1989 vol 160 cc127-8W
Mr. Fisher

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales whether his Department has discontinued(a) the collection or (b) the publication of any statistics since 1979.

Mr. Peter Walker

My Department collects and publishes a wide range of statistical material covering many aspects of life in the Principality. The latest list of regular statistical publications is shown as follows. Those marked with an asterisk were also published in 1979. This list illustrates the increased availability of Welsh Office statistics. In addition to the regular publications there is a range of ad hoc statistical bulletins.

The very quantity of statistics now published by the Department means that information on all changes to individual statistics could be supplied only at disproportionate cost. These changes result from the continuous process of attempting to improve the coverage and relevance of Welsh Office statistics. There are regular reviews which lead to changes in the basis of compilation, presentation and publication. These arise in response to the Government's requirements for statistical information, changes in the administrative systems on which some series are based, and the development of new technological developments affecting the compilation and dissemination of statistical data.

Regular Publications in 1989

  • Activities of Social Services Departments
  • Children in Care
  • Commercial and Industrial Floorspace Statistics
  • *Digest of Welsh Statistics
  • Environmental Digest for Wales
  • Farm Income in Wales
  • *Health and Personal Social Services
  • Household Projections for the Counties of Wales
  • Key Statistical Indicators for NHS Management
  • Mental Health Statistics
  • Population Projections for the Counties of Wales
  • Road Accidents
  • Residential Accommodation for the Elderly, Younger Physically Handicapped and Blind
  • *1{Statistics of Education: Further and Higher Education/Statistics of Education: Schools
  • Staff of Social Services Departments
  • * Welsh Agricultural Statistics
  • * Welsh Economic Trends
  • Welsh Hospital Waiting List Bulletin
  • Welsh Housing Statistics
  • * Welsh Local Government Financial Statistics
  • *Welsh Social Trends
  • Welsh Transport Statistics
  • * Published in 1979.
  • 1 In 1979, these two volumes were published in one entitled "Statistics of Education in Wales".

Ad hoc Publications

  • Crime Prevention Topics
  • Digest of Welsh Historical Statistics
  • Incidence of Congenital Malformations
  • Statistics of Road Lengths
  • Survey of House Renovation Grants
  • Wales Cancer Reports
  • Welsh Education Statistics Bulletins
  • Welsh House Condition Surveys
  • Welsh Inter Censal Survey

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