Proposals Arising from a Cost Review of the English Housing Survey – Consultation

The CLG invites comments on its plans for the 2011/12 English Housing Survey (EHS). The EHS results are Official Statistics and CLG has a duty to comply with the Statistics and Registration Act 2007. As part of this Act, Official Statistics producers should comply with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics which include the principles of:
* ensuring the statistics meet user needs
* engaging users on changes to statistics.
This consultation is engaging users on the cost saving measures being proposed for the 2011/12 Survey and aims to ensure that the survey will continue to meet users' priority needs. The consultation will run for five weeks from Friday 13 August 2010 and covers:
* options for reducing the data content
* savings within the fieldwork and training operations
* options for reducing the sample size.
Find more details on how to respond to the consultation on the CLG website by clicking on the logo below. The consultation ends 17 September 2010.