7.Throughout 1997, the Office for National Statistics conducted a consultation exercise among the census user community to ascertain the business cases and support for a range of topics that were being considered for inclusion in the 2001 Census. In summary, the criteria for accepting these topics were:
that there was a clearly demonstrated need;
that users’ requirements could not adequately be met by information from other sources;
that they should be shown, in tests, to have had no significantly adverse effect on the Census as a whole, particularly the level of public response; and
that practicable questions could be devised to collect data which is sufficiently accurate to meet users’ requirements.
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