Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007

Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007^[a]
Act of Parliament
	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to establish and make provision about the Statistics Board; to make provision about offices and office-holders under the Registration Service Act 1953; and for connected purposes.
Citation	2007 c. 18
Introduced by	Gordon Brown MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer (Commons); Lord Davies of Oldham (Lords)
Territorial extent	England and Wales; Scotland (in part); Northern Ireland (in part);
Dates
Royal assent	26 July 2007
Repealed	various
Other legislation
Amends	House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975; Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986; Scottish Public Services Ombudsman Act 2002;
Amended by	Counter-Terrorism Act 2008; Wales Act 2017; Digital Economy Act 2017; Data Protection Act 2018; Pre-release Access to Official Statistics (Scotland) Act 2021; Health and Care Act 2022;
Relates to	Registration Service Act 1953
Status: Amended
History of passage through Parliament
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended
Text of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

The Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007^[a] (c. 18) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which established the UK Statistics Authority (UKSA). It came into force in April 2008. Sir Michael Scholar was appointed as the first chair of the UKSA.^[1]

The act established the UK Statistics Authority as a non-ministerial department that employs the National Statistician. The National Statistician has an office to support them, the Office for National Statistics.

Provisions

The act establishes proper employment status and rights for registration officers, including local authority employees.^[2]

Reception

The legislation was criticised by the Statistics Users' Forum for only providing for the independence of the Office for National Statistics but not the independent of other bodies such as those which produce statistics relating to education, health and crime.^[3]

Notes

1 2 Section 76.
↑ Section 75.
↑ Section 74.

References

↑ "News". Significance. 4 (3): 98–101. 1 September 2007. doi:10.1111/j.1740-9713.2007.00240.x. ISSN 1740-9705.
↑ "Statistics and Registration Service Bill". BBC News. 15 November 2006. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
↑ Cross, Michael (18 January 2007). "Statistics are free - now let's work on the rest of the data". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 January 2026.

External links

Text of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.
Text of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 as originally enacted or made within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.
Guide to the Act from the Office for National Statistics

[st-1] 1 2 Section 76.

[2] Section 75.

[3] Section 74.

[4] "News". Significance. 4 (3): 98–101. 1 September 2007. doi:10.1111/j.1740-9713.2007.00240.x. ISSN 1740-9705.

[5] "Statistics and Registration Service Bill". BBC News. 15 November 2006. Retrieved 20 January 2026.

[6] Cross, Michael (18 January 2007). "Statistics are free - now let's work on the rest of the data". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 January 2026.

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