Written question asked by Theresa Villiers (Conservative) on Thursday, 16 November 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 20 November 2006. It was answered by Baroness Merron (Labour) on Tuesday, 28 November 2006 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Departmental Statistics

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport which statistics have been put forward by his Department for consideration to become new national statistics in each of the last five years; and how many statistics sets his Department has produced in total in each of the last five years.

Answer: The current list of National Statistics produced by Department for Transport can be found on the National Statistics website at:"http://www.statistics.gov.uk/about/ns_ons/nsproducts/default.asp"A list of changes to the scope of National Statistics (additions and withdrawals) in each of the last five years can be found in the relevant National Statistics annual report available on the National Statistics website at:"http://www.statistics.gov.uk/StatBase/Product.asp?vlnk=1051"In addition to National Statistics, the Department for Transport publishes a wide range of other numerical information in a variety of forms including other data produced from the management and administration of the Department and in research reports. There is no consistent definition of the term ““statistics sets”” and no centrally held information on the total published in each year on this basis.

Secondary information