A list of resources that provides information about how the Department publishes National Statistics, the national standard for official statistics. You can find out more about National Statistics and also view the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.
Statistical policies
The following documents are published in line with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics:
- Policy Statement on Revisions
- Policy Statement on Confidentiality
- Policy on Meeting User Needs Through Engagement With Users
- Statistical Quality Principles and Procedures
- DfE Statement of Compliance with the Pre-release Access to Official Statistics Order 2008
Data sources
You can find more information on how we source our data and view our statement of administrative sources on our Data sources page.
National Statistician's guidance
The following documents are published for Statisticians in line with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics:
- Confidentiality of Official Statistics
- Presentation and Publication of Official Statistics
- Quality, Methods and Harmonisation
- Use of Administrative or Management Information
Schedule of publications
You can find a schedule of publications for the Department on our Statistical publication schedule page or for all Government departments on the National Statistics Release Calendar.
Pre-release access lists
You can find pre-release access lists for Statistical publications in the associated resources for each publication, which are published in line with the Pre-release Access to Official Statistics Order 2008. You can view all the Department's Statistical publications in All statistics.
Related Information
The Code of Practice for Official Statistics requires us to publish annually the cost of responding to our statistical surveys. The costs for 2009/10 were published in January 2011 in the 2009/10 Annual Report on Government Statistical Surveys of Businesses and Local Authorities.
2009-10 Annual Report on Government Statistical Surveys of Businesses and Local Authorities
