ANNEX B - VIEWS ON THE OTHER PROPOSALS
RESPOND BY 5 MARCH 2007
Scotland's inclusion in the Statistics and Registration Service will help to ensure that Scottish statistics follow, and are seen to follow high standards of quality and integrity. However, there is more that can be done, outside the Bill provisions, to build on the recent improvements to statistical services in Scotland.
Related Section: Other proposals to improve statistical services in Scotland
Nationally-agreed set of data in the public domain
How can we strengthen our consultation about the scope of official statistics?
Should statistics publication be more streamlined e.g. wider access to underlying data rather than descriptive reports?
Would you like to see more publication of policy focussed analyses rather than standard reports?
Pre-release access arrangements
What do you consider to be the different types of government statistics?Should different pre-release access rules apply to different types of government statistics?
Collection and organisation of public sector statistics
Should we be looking at a new partnership with local authorities and other public bodies for the collection, processing and publication of statistics? Do you have any suggestions on how this could work?
Public trust and confidence
Are the proposals useful in increasing public confidence in statistics? Should more be done?
Proposals are: increased independent scrutiny and Parliamentary involvement, and the range of actions at paragraph 87.
Any other comments
Do you have any other comments on the proposals?