HC Deb 06 May 1971 vol 816 c429W
Mr. Chichester-Clark

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many surveys are currently being conducted by his Department which involve form-filling by members of the public; and whether he will list them.

Mr. Dudley Smith

Surveys conducted by my Department do not involve the completion of forms by ordinary members of the public. They do involve the completion of forms by employers and the following surveys are addressed either to all or most employers or to a random sample of all employers:

  1. 1. Census of Employment.
  2. 2. Numbers of national insurance cards held by employers.
  3. 3. New Earnings Survey.

The Family Expenditure Survey, which involves a sample of households, is sponsored by my Department but is conducted by the Social Survey Division of the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys.