§ Mr.ChopeTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will place in the Library copies of the documents which have been studied by the Office for National Statistics in deciding on the classification of Network Rail. [70511]
§ Mr.Boateng[holding answer 16 July 2002]: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Christopher Chope, dated 22 July 2002
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent question asking if copies of all the documents which have been studied by the Office for National Statistics in deciding on the classification of Network Rail could be placed in the Library. (70511).In deciding on the sector classification of Network Rail, the main documents that the ONS used were: international statistical manuals—The European System of Accounts (1955) and The System of National Accounts (1993), copies of which are available from the Library. The ONS also studied many legal documents, provided on a commercial and confidence basis. These documents are exempt from disclosure under section 13 of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information.