§ Lord AVEBURYasked Her Majesty's Government:
What was the refusal rate in respect of the ethnic origin question for the test census conducted in July and August 1978 on 1,500 households.
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§ Lord WELLS-PESTELLAbout one in 10 of the respondents either refused to complete the form because of objections to the ethnicity question or completed the form in whole or in part but expressed misgivings about the ethnicity question.