Question reference: S5W-33964
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 10 December 2020
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Current status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 14 January 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-32952 by Jeane Freeman on 12 November 2020, whether it will request that Public Health Scotland publishes the occupation and sector data collected during interviews, broken down by Standard Industrial Classification.
Answer
Scottish Government officials continue to work closely with Public Health Scotland to develop the range of statistics that are published. However, Public Health Scotland is an independent statistics producer, so make the decision on which data they publish. Public Health Scotland continuously review the data they publish; the contact tracing data currently collected on occupations does not allow Standard Industrial Classification to be derived. While not an SIC group, "Cases reporting an occupation in the Education and Childcare sector" are published in Public Health Scotland's weekly statistical report.