To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which statistics have been put forward by (a) her Department and (b) her predecessor Department for consideration to become new national statistics in each of the last five years; and how many statistics sets (i) her Department and (ii) her predecessor Department has produced in each year. (102067)

The current list of national statistics produced by the Department for Communities and Local Government 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=l 051

In addition to National Statistics, the Department for Communities and Local Government 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.