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Census questionnaires go online for first time with £18.5m contract

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By The Drum Team, Editorial

June 19, 2008 | 1 min read

Scotland’s householders will be able to complete census questionnaires online for the first time in 2011.

The GROS confirmed the online questionnaires will be available following the award of an £18.5m contract for Scotland’s Census IT and printing services to CACI (UK), appointed to develop the 2011 website, print paper questionnaires and to process responses.

CACI, which has an office in Edinburgh, has already developed services for two censuses in the Republic of Ireland.

Macniven said: “The next census is the first to offer people the online questionnaire option. We studied other countries’ approaches to using the internet for census returns and concluded that it offers many benefits.

“Householders can choose the method that is most convenient to them: a paper or online questionnaire. This online option has the potential to improve the quality of the results.”

The 2009 Census will allow GROS two years to make any refinements before the UK-wide census day in March 2011.

The Gate and Barkers PR have been appointed to handle the advertising and media relations for the census.

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