Mark Norman expressed concerns about the census questions.
I imagine the answer is that the questions are covered by law
therefore must be completed.
Like Mark I pondered about why employer's name and address were
needed when type of employer has already been requested. I can
see little reason for needing this for the purposes which the
information accompanying the census form says it will be used
for.
I can think of many more questions which could have better helped
future policy than that one. For example - why do I use my car to
get to work - answer - the bus services take twice as long, the
rail service involves four changes and costs three times as much!
That might guide some policy changes!
But how does knowing I work for Kingston University help? Perhaps
the census office will try to sell us statistics telling us how
many people work for us - could be interesting.
John Hitches
Data Protection and Information Security Officer
Kingston University
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