§ Lord Marlesfordasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether in Parliamentary Answers they are prepared to give statistical information relating to the whole of the United Kingdom, split between England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, when requested to do so; if not, why not. [HL2071]
§ Lord McIntosh of HaringeyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply.
Letter from the National Statistician, Len Cook, dated December 2001.
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent question about the provision of statistical information relating to the whole of the United Kingdom.
When asked in a Parliamentary question and where such information is readily available, the Office for National Statistics will itself continue to give statistical information for the whole of the United Kingdom, split between England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Where statistical information to answer such a question requires a special analysis by officials of a devolved administration, that contribution will be dependent on the agreement of the devolved administration.