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The National Statistics Code of Practice sets out the professional principles and standards which official statisticians are expected to follow and uphold. It is supported by twelve Protocols which describe how those principles and standards are to be implemented in practice.

Summary of principles

National Statistics will be:

• valued for relevance, integrity, quality and accessibility
• produced in the interests of all citizens by protecting confidentiality, and balancing the needs of users against the burden on providers
• enhanced through integration, accumulation and innovation; and by efficiency in costs, and fairness in prices