Question reference: S5W-33463
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: 23 November 2020
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Current status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 10 December 2020
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what role it has in the oversight and operation of the fieldwork for the Coronavirus (COVID-19): ONS Infection Survey being conducted by the ONS and the University of Oxford on its behalf.
Answer
The survey is being conducted by the Office for National Statistics in collaboration with the University of Oxford on behalf of the UK and Scottish Government. Scottish Government officials play a key part in supporting the survey by providing oversight and operational support. Officials sit on the steering group, support day to day operations, provide analytical oversight and sign off on decisions affecting Scotland.