The Anguilla Statistics Department, subject to the Statistics Act of 2000, reports to the Minister charged with responsibility for the subject of Statistics; the Head of the Department is referred to as the Statistician also designated as the Chief Statistician. It was created mainly to facilitate the development of a statistical system for Anguilla which is also a component of both the regional statistical systems of CARICOM and OECS, together with other member countries of these two regional institutions.