Statistics department (Anguilla)

Anguilla Statistics Department
Agency overview
Formed 1958
Superseding agency
Type National statistics service
Headquarters The Valley, Anguilla
Agency executive
  • Mrs. Lori-Rae Alleyne-Franklin, Chief Statistician
Parent department Economic Development, Investment and Commerce
Website www.gov.ai/statistics

The Anguilla Statistics Department, subject to the Statistics Act of 2000,[1] reports to the Minister charged with responsibility for the subject of Statistics;[2] the Head of the Department is referred to as the Statistician also designated as the Chief Statistician. It was created mainly to facilitate the development of a statistical system for Anguilla which is also a component of both the regional statistical systems of CARICOM and OECS, together with other member countries of these two regional institutions.

Mission

As stated by the Statistics Law, the mission of the Anguilla Statistics Department is:

  • to collect, compile, analyses abstract and publish statistical information relative to the commercial, industrial, social, economic and general activities and conditions of the people who are the inhabitants of Anguilla:
  • to collaborate with all other departments of Government and with local authorities in the collection, computation and publication of statistical records of administration;
  • to take any census in Anguilla; and
  • generally to organize a coordinated scheme of social and economic statistics and intelligence pertaining to Anguilla;

The Law lists matters the Statistics department shall collect statistics on, with prior approval of the Governor in Council.

Organisation

Under the Chief Statistician authority, the Department activities are distributed according to the following areas:

  • Economic Statistics
  • Social Statistics
  • Tourism and International Trade Statistics
  • Administration

History

Previous heads of the Statistics department
Name Period
Ms Penny Hope-Ross

See also

References

  1. ↑ REVISED STATUTES OF ANGUILLA CHAPTER S60 STATISTICS ACT Showing the Law as at 15 December 2000
  2. ↑ Minister of finance: Ministry of Finance, Economic Development, Investments & Tourism
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 12/11/2012. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.