§ Matthew TaylorTo ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the data series produced by National Statistics to which Ministers in his Department have had privileged access prior to publication since May 1997; and if he will make a statement. [80413]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr Taylor, dated 21 November 2002:
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent question concerning data series produced by National Statistics to which Ministers have had privileged access prior to publication since May 1997. (80413)
Historical information is not held centrally. Treasury Ministers currently receive pre-release access to the following statistics released by the Office for National Statistics:
- 2001 Census Statistics—first release
- Balance of Payments First Release
- Business Enterprise R&D
- Business Investment
- Consumer Prices Index
- Environmental Accounts in Blue Book
- Foreign Direct Investment
- GDP Preliminary First Release
- Government Debt Under Maastricht
- Gross Domestic Expenditure on R&D
- Health Statistics Quarterly
- Index of Distribution
- Index of Production
- Investment by Insurance Companies
- Labour Market Statistics (UK and Regional)—First Release
- Life Expectancy [by sub-national geographies and socio-economic classifications] Low Pay Estimates
276W - Motor Vehicles Production
- New Earnings Survey
- Outcome Income and Expenditure
- Overseas Travel and Tourism
- Pilot UK Health Accounts
- Population Trends
- Producer Prices Index
- Productivity
- national
- Profitability of UK Companies
- Public Sector Accounts
- Public Sector Finance
- Regional Accounts
- Quarterly National Accounts
- Retail Sales Index
- Social Trends
- The effect of taxes and benefits on household income
- UK Trade