Commentary on Sections and Schedules Part 1: the Statistics Board Section 25 Census etc and Schedule 1
105.This section transfers the statistical functions of the Registrar General for England and Wales to the Board. These functions include responsibility for conducting the census and the production of an annual volume which, among other things, contains figures on the number of births, deaths, marriages and civil partnerships that have taken place in England and Wales during the previous year. The functions also include the role of assessor to the Parliamentary Boundary Commissions for England and for Wales. This involves giving advice to the Commissions on issues such as population estimates.
106.The Schedule contains the amendments consequential on, and supplementary to, section 25.