asked the Prime Minister what steps he proposes to take to obtain further improvements in official statistics required for economic planning purposes.

A number of improvements in official statistics are already in hand. In addition, Mr. E. F. Jackson, Director of the Oxford Institute of Economics and Statistics, Fellow of St. Antony's College, Oxford, has been invited to advise what improvements in official statistics are needed in connection with the implementation of the National Plan, with particular reference to its regional aspects.