Scotland's Population 2012: The Registrar General's Annual Review of Demographic Trends 158th Edition

Notes on statistical publications

National Statistics

The UK Statistics Authority has designated these statistics as National Statistics, in accordance with the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 and signifying compliance with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics (available on the UK Statistics Authority website.

Designation can be broadly interpreted to mean that the statistics:

meet identified needs of users;
are well explained and readily accessible;
are produced according to reliable methods; and
are managed impartially and objectively in the public interest.

Once statistics have been designated as National Statistics it is a statutory requirement that the Code of Practice shall continue to be observed.

National Records of Scotland

We, the National Records of Scotland (NRS), are a non-ministerial department of the devolved Scottish Administration. Our aim is to provide relevant and reliable information, analysis and advice that meets the needs of government, business and the people of Scotland. We do this as follows.

Preserving the past - We look after Scotland's national archives so that they are available for current and future generations, and we make available important information for family history.
Recording the present - At our network of local offices, we register births, marriages, civil partnerships, deaths, divorces and adoptions in Scotland.
Informing the future - We are responsible for the Census of Population in Scotland which we use, with other sources of information, to produce statistics on the population and households.

You can get other detailed statistics that we have produced from the Statistics section of our website. Statistics from the 2001 Census are on Scotland's Census Results On-Line (SCROL) website and the 2011 Census results are held on the Scotland's Census website.

We also provide information about future publications on our website. If you would like us to tell you about future statistical publications, you can register your interest on the Scottish Government ScotStat website.

Enquiries and suggestions

Please contact our Customer Services if you need any further information.

Email: [email protected]

If you have comments or suggestions that would help us improve our outputs or our standards of service, contact:

Kirsty MacLachlan
Senior Statistician
National Records of Scotland
Room 1/2/3
Ladywell House
Ladywell Road
Edinburgh
EH12 7TF

Phone: 0131 314 4242
Email: [email protected]

Related organisations

Organisation	Contact
The Scottish Government (SG) forms the bulk of the devolved Scottish Administration. The aim of the statistical service in the SG is to provide relevant and reliable statistical information, analysis and advice that meets the needs of government, business and the people of Scotland.	Office of the Chief Statistician Scottish Government 3WR, St Andrews House Edinburgh EH1 3DG Phone: 0131 244 0442 Email: [email protected] Website: www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is responsible for producing a wide range of economic and social statistics. It also carries out the Census of Population for England and Wales	Customer Contact Centre Office for National Statistics Room 1.101 Government Buildings Cardiff Road Newport NP10 8XG Phone: 0845 601 3034 Minicom: 01633 815044 Email: [email protected] Website: www.ons.gov.uk/
The Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) is Northern Ireland's official statistics organisation. The agency is also responsible for registering births, marriages, adoptions and deaths in Northern Ireland, and the Census of Population.	Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency McAuley House 2-14 Castle Street Belfast BT1 1SA Phone: 028 9034 8100 Email: [email protected] Website: www.nisra.gov.uk

Plain English Campaign's Crystal Mark only applies to pages 79 to 86 of this document (Appendix 2).

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