The Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 (c18) is an Act of the

Parliament of the United Kingdom The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, and may also legislate for the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories. It meets at the Palace ...

which established the

UK Statistics Authority The UK Statistics Authority (UKSA, ) is a non-ministerial government department of the Government of the United Kingdom responsible for oversight of the Office for National Statistics, maintaining a national code of practice for official statist ...

(UKSA). It came into force in April 2008. Sir Michael Scholar was appointed as the first Chair of the UKSA. The Act established the UK Statistics Authority as a

non-ministerial department Non-ministerial government departments (NMGDs) are a type of Departments of the Government of the United Kingdom, department of the Government of the United Kingdom, United Kingdom government that deal with matters for which direct political over ...

that employs the National Statistician. The National Statistician has an office to support them, the

Office for National Statistics The Office for National Statistics (ONS; ) is the executive office of the UK Statistics Authority, a non-ministerial department which reports directly to the Parliament of the United Kingdom, UK Parliament. Overview The ONS is responsible fo ...

References

External links

Guide to the Act
from the Office for National Statistics {{Authority control United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 2007 Office for National Statistics