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Month: November 2021

Did MSPs approve the guidance for the sex question in Scotland’s census?

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In recent correspondence, the Scottish Government implied that previous parliamentary discussion on the Census (Amendment) (Scotland) Act has lent weight to its decision to issue guidance for the sex question in Scotland’s 2022 census which advised respondents they may answer…

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Diminishing the value of public sector data: How the Chief Statistician’s guidance lost sight of biological sex

Posted by on in Data collection

UPDATE: We received a letter from the Commission yesterday evening which confirmed that the advice provided to the Scottish Government "could have been clearer" and that the Commission is developing guidance on data collection for public authorities. In light of…

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