Inter Administration Committee
The Inter Administration Committee (IAC) works in the context of the Concordat on Statistics between the United Kingdom Statistics Authority and the Devolved Governments. It outlines the way in which the four nations (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales) work together and cooperate on statistical matters.
IAC meets quarterly and its main responsibilities are:
- considering issues in relation to statistical matters across the UK system
- promoting policies, strategies and standards which facilitate the production of coherent and harmonised statistics across the UK
- considering and resolving inter administration issues where they have not been resolved elsewhere
- considering UK government statistics needed for devolved purposes and devolved statistics needed for UK purposes
- considering user need for statistics at UK level and for comparable sub-UK statistics, while recognising that individual governments will have specific requirements that need to be met
- considering international issues, including meeting international requirements
- considering ways to proactively raise the visibility of, and engagement with, devolved statistical matters both within and beyond the Government Statistical Service (GSS)
- liaising with, and supporting the work of, other GSS committees
- escalating issues as appropriate
- reviewing the Concordat every five years
The chair of this committee is the National Statistician. The membership includes Chief Statisticians of the Devolved Governments.