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Article: UK Statistics Authority responds to consultation on pre-release of official statistics.
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- March 4, 2008
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M2 PRESSWIRE-4 March 2008-UK Government: UK Statistics Authority responds to consultation on pre-release of official statistics(C)1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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The new UK Statistics Authority (UKSA) has today urged the Government further to tighten the rules by which Ministers and their officials are allowed privileged access to statistics before they are published.
Responding to a Government consultation, Chair-designate of the UKSA Sir Michael Scholar said, "the Government's proposals, while themselves a great improvement on previous practice, are simply not strong enough to combat the public perception that there is ...