Evidence from NRS on Scottish census

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Dear UK Statistics Authority,

The Scottish census, conducted in March 2022, carried guidance which advised respondents that they may answer the sex question based on their gender identity (not their sex at birth).

(1) What evidence has the Office for Statistics Regulation received from the National Records of Scotland regarding the quality of data collected on sex?

(2) Has NRS indicated what percentage of respondents answered the sex question as recording their sex at birth, and what percentage answered the sex question as recording their gender identity?

(3) Is the OSR satisfied that the data collected on sex meet the requirements of the Code of Practice for Statistics in terms of quality, value and trustworthiness?

Yours faithfully,

H Macleod

system@share.ons.gov.uk,

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