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Service Description: <div style='text-align:Left;font-size:12pt'><p><span>To address the issue of inconsistent standards for naming and coding of UK geographies, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) implemented a new coding and naming policy on 1 January 2011. This policy has already been separately and independently implemented since 2004 by Scotland for all new or amended statistical geographies.</span></p><p><span /></p><p><span>Codes consist of a nine digit alpha-numeric code, and are referred to as GSS codes where the GSS refers to Government Statistical Service. GSS codes currently exist for more than 40 administrative and statistical geographies in Scotland.</span></p></div>
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Description: To address the issue of inconsistent standards for naming and coding of UK geographies, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) implemented a new coding and naming policy on 1 January 2011. This policy has already been separately and independently implemented since 2004 by Scotland for all new or amended statistical geographies.Codes consist of a nine digit alpha-numeric code, and are referred to as GSS codes where the GSS refers to Government Statistical Service. GSS codes currently exist for more than 40 administrative and statistical geographies in Scotland.
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Title: Scottish Register of Geographic Codes
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Comments: To address the issue of inconsistent standards for naming and coding of UK geographies, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) implemented a new coding and naming policy on 1 January 2011. This policy has already been separately and independently implemented since 2004 by Scotland for all new or amended statistical geographies.Codes consist of a nine digit alpha-numeric code, and are referred to as GSS codes where the GSS refers to Government Statistical Service. GSS codes currently exist for more than 40 administrative and statistical geographies in Scotland.
Subject: The Scottish Government manages this register of Government Statistical Services (GSS) codes for statistical geographies in Scotland. This feeds in to the UK Register of Geographic Codes managed by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
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