The following message recently came to me via the
industrial-relations-research mailbase list.
With the usual apologies to colleagues who may have received this
already,
Suzy Reimer
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> On Tue, 17 Dec 1996, Denise Lievesley wrote:
>
> I apologise for cross postings and to those for whom this is of little
> interest but this blunt method of communication is necessitated by the
> shortness of time. Please feel free to pass this message on to any
> other relevant mail-lists or to individual users who might have an
> interest in the GHS.
> >
> > The FUTURE of the British General Household Survey is under review.
> >
> > Rumours have abounded recently regarding the possible suspension of the GHS.
> > Several weeks ago I wrote to Dr Tim Holt, Director of the Office for
> > National Statistics, to express my concern about such rumours and I received
> > a response from his colleague Dennis Roberts re-assuring me that the user
> > community would be consulted in advance of decisions being taken about the
> > future of the survey.
> >
> > On Thursday of last week I received a second letter from Dennis Roberts
> > informing me that the public expenditure provision for ONS 1997/98 is
> > insufficient to maintain the present level of funding for the multi-purpose
> > household surveys and that the considered view of ONS is that the least
> > damaging way of reducing expenditure in 1997/98 is to suspend field-work on
> > the GHS.
> > If you wish to make comments on this proposal you will need to act quickly -
> > you can send your comments directly to Linda Murgatroyd at ONS (e-mail
> > [log in to unmask] ) BY 6 JANUARY or to me for incorporation into a
> > paper I am preparing at the request of ONS - I need to receive all comments
> > BY 3 JANUARY.
> >
> > A review will also take place on how the needs for information derived from
> > the GHS and the other multi-purpose surveys can best be met. This will take
> > place in the first half of 1997. I will be sending round information later
> > about how you may feed into this review but meanwhile you may wish to keep
> > the date of 5 March 1997 free in your diary as the Royal Statistical Society
> > will be hosting a meeting to discuss whether we need the GHS.
> >
> > For information about this RSS meeting or for a copy of the letter to me
> > from Dennis Roberts please contact Teresa Edge at the Archive
> > ([log in to unmask]) with your full postal address.
> >
> > If you care about the future of the GHS please let ONS know.
> >
> > Professor Denise Lievesley
> > The UK Data Archive
> > University of Essex
> > Wivenhoe Park
> > Colchester, CO4 3SQ UK
> > tel 44 (0)1206 872009
> > fax 44 (0)1206 872003
> > http://dawww.essex.ac.uk/
> > home tel/fax 44 (0) 1206 824041
> >
> >
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Suzanne Reimer
School of Geography and Earth Resources
University of Hull
Hull HU6 7RX
United Kingdom
Tel: (01482) 465353 (direct) or 465377
Fax: (01482) 466340
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