National Statistics (NS) are government data produced to the high professional standards and to the principles of the National Statistics Code of Practice.
National Statistics stands for relevance, quality, integrity and freedom from political interference. The NS website has details of the
National Statistics Code of Practice including the context and responsibilities.
Principles of the National Statistics Code of Practice
The principles governing National Statistics are summarised within the following statement from the National Statistics Code of Practice - Statement of Principles:
- The knowledge that advances the government, business and people of the United Kingdom will be founded on National Statistics of quality and integrity, available when neede
National Statistics will be valued for –
1. Relevance
2. Integrity
3. Quality
4. Accessibility
– produced in the interests of all citizens by
5. Protecting confidentiality
6. Balancing the needs of users against the burden on providers
– enhanced through
7. Integration, accumulation and innovation
8. Efficiency in costs and fairness in prices
DCMS and National Statistics
DCMS Statistics Branch is part of the Government Statistical Service and as such follows and promotes the National Statistics Code of Practice.
The
Statistics Outputs page links to information on both DCMS National Statistics Outputs and DCMS's other statistics outputs.
DCMS's
statements of compliance to the NS code of practice and its protocols give details of procedures and processes through which DCMS complies to National Statistics best practice and requirements, such as on the release of statistics.
For enquiries about DCMS Statistics Outputs and about National Statistics in DCMS, please contact
Tim Bartlett.
