Citation and commencement

1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Official Statistics Order 2023.

(2) This Order comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

Revocation

2.The Official Statistics Order 2018( 2 ) is revoked.

Official statistics

3. —(1) To the extent that they are not otherwise official statistics by virtue of section 6(1)(a) of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007, the statistics produced or to be produced by the persons listed in the Schedule to this Order are specified as official statistics for the purposes of section 6(1)(b) of that Act.

(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to statistics which are wholly Scottish devolved statistics or wholly Northern Ireland devolved statistics( 3 ).

Article 3(1)

SCHEDULE

• The Arts Council of England.

• The Board of the Pension Protection Fund.

• The British Film Institute.

• The British Tourist Authority.

• The British Transport Police Authority.

• The Care Quality Commission.

• The Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service.

• The Coal Authority.

• The Commission for Equality and Human Rights.

• The Consumer Council for Water.

• The Consumer Panel established under section 16 of the Communications Act 2003( 4 ).

• The English Sports Council.

• The Environment Agency.

• The Financial Conduct Authority.

• The Gambling Commission.

• His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services.

• The Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England.

• The Homes and Communities Agency.

• The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority.

• The Independent Office for Police Conduct.

• JISC( 5 ).

• The Joint Nature Conservation Committee.

• The Judicial Appointments Commission.

• The Marine Management Organisation.

• The National Health Service Litigation Authority.

• Natural England.

• The NHS Business Services Authority.

• NHS England.

• The Office for Students.

• The Office of Communications.

• The Parole Board.

• The Passengers’ Council.

• The Pensions Regulator.

• The Regulator of Social Housing.

• The Sentencing Council for England and Wales.

• The Service Complaints Ombudsman.

• Skills for Care Limited( 6 ).

• The Student Loans Company Limited( 7 ).

• The Trade Remedies Authority.

• The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority.

• The Youth Justice Board for England and Wales.