a. Terms and Conditions Under which Data are Produced and Disseminated
The Statistics Act of 1960 provides for the establishment of a coordinated statistical systems and for the taking of censuses and surveys for the collection, compilation, analysis and publication of statistical information and for other matters related thereto. There shall be established a Central Statistical Office in the Ministry of the Minister responsible for Statistics, the duties of which shall be: (a) to take any census, (b) to collect, compile, analyse, abstract and publish statistical information relating to the social, agricultural, economic, commercial, industrial and general activities and conditions of the inhabitants of Grenada; (c) to collaborate with Ministries and Departments of Government, and with public bodies, in the collection, compilation, analysis and publication of statistical records of administrations and departments; and (d) generally to organize a coordinated scheme of social and economic statistics relating to Grenada." Regarding the Security of Information, Section 9 of the Act states: "Except for the purpose of a prosecution under this Act- (a) no individual return, or part thereof made for the purposes of this Act; (b) no answer given to any question put for the purposes of this Act; and (c) no report, abstract, or other documents containing particulars comprised in any such return or answer so arranged as to enable identification of such particulars with any person, undertaking or business, shall be published, admitted in evidence, or shown to any person not employed in the execution of a duty under this Act, unless the previous consent in writing thereto has been obtained from the person making such return or giving such answer, or, in the case of an undertaking or business, from the owner for the time of the undertaking or business: Provided that nothing in this section shall prevent or restrict the publication of any such report, abstract, or other documents, without such consent where the particulars in such report, abstract, or other document, enable identification merely by reason of the fact that the particulars relate to an undertaking or business which is the only undertaking or business within its particular sphere of activities, so, however, that in no case shall such particulars enable identification of the costs of production, the capital employed, or profits arising in, any such undertaking or business." Under Section 10 the Act provides for statutory penalties against anyone violating the confidentiality of Statistical information. The Statistics Act is published in English and copies may be purchased from the Government Printery.b. Identification of internal Government Access to Data Before Release
There is no internal government access to data, however senior government officials have final decisions in the release of the data. c. Identification of Ministerial Commentary on the Occasion of Statistical Releases
There is no ministerial commentary included in statistical releases by the Central Statistical Office and each release is clearly designated as a release of the Central Statistical Office. d. Provision of Information about Revisions and Advance Notice of Major Changes in Methodology
Data are indicated as provisional or revised in all CSO publications. There are no advance notices of changes in methodology at present. However, a new CPI will be released in the year 2000. Before release of the new series a statement of methodology will be provided to the public. In as much as possible this procedure will be followed in the future with regards to major changes in method. |
Dissemination
