STATISTICS

Nicholas Soames: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what steps his Department is taking to improve the quality of public statistics. [175241]

Mr Hurd, Minister for Civil Society: Responsibility for independently assessing and monitoring the quality of official statistics lies with the UK Statistics Authority.

Cabinet Office Ministers meet the chair of the UK Statistics Authority and the national statistician regularly to discuss statistical matters.

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