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All statistics on this website that have a link to this page are National Statistics publications. They have been produced to high professional standards set out in the National Statistics Code of Practice and Protocol on Release Practices on the Office for National Statitics website. These statistics undergo regular quality assurance reviews to ensure that they meet customer needs. They are produced free from any political interference.
The General Register Office for Scotland (GROS) is the devolved Government department in Scotland responsible for the registration of births, marriages, civil partnerships, deaths, divorces and adoptions in Scotland. We are responsible for the Census of Population in Scotland which we use, with other sources of information, to produce population and household statistics. We make available important information for family history.
Further detailed statistics produced by GROS are available from the statistics pages of this website. Statistics from the 2001 Census are on Scotland’s Census Results On-Line website, and on the Census section of this website.
Information about future publications is provided on this website. If you would like to receive notification of forthcoming statistical publications, you can register your interest on The Scottish Government Scotstat website.
Complaints and Suggestions
If you are not satisfied with our service or you have any comments on our service or suggestions for how we can improve it, please email "Demography Division - Head" using our contact form.
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The Scottish Government (SG): The SG is responsible for the bulk of the work of the devolved Government of Scotland. 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. |
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The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is responsible for producing a wide range of economic and social statistics. It also, for England and Wales, registers life events and holds the Census of Population. |
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The Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) is Northern Ireland’s official statistics organisation. The Agency also has responsibility, in Northern Ireland, for the registration of births, marriages, adoptions and deaths and the Census of Population. |
Please contact us for further information on the Statistical Service in Scotland or any other statistical enquiries.
Brief extracts from the Crown Copyright material in General Register Office for Scotland publications may be reproduced provided the source is fully acknowledged.
Page last updated: 6 May 2008
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