Statistical Directorate Annual Compendia Publications

The same information will still be available on our web site but will only be published electronically rather than professionally printed.

The advantages of this approach are:

• Data will be timelier. We anticipate being able to publish information on the web earlier than is currently possible due to the need to prepare and print hard copies.
• The resources saved will be diverted into enhancing the range of information available on our interactive StatsWales data analysis tool, and hopefully finding innovative ways of making this information available. This will allow users to access a wider range of official statistics in a more flexible and user friendly way.
• It will help reduce our carbon footprint and impact on the environment and be saving on resources needed to produce and distribute paper editions.