 The commitment was implemented by the Government first publishing a Green Paper in 1998 inviting consultation which offered four options for overseeing the production of statistics for ministers.The subsequent white paper revealed that, of those four options, the one which received significantly more support than the others was the establishment of a Commission Consequently, in drawing up the new framework for national statistics, the Statistics Commission was established.Its main function is to
The white paper charged the commission with four principal aims