The Code of Practice for Statistic has a statutory basis and recognises the importance of monitoring and reducing respondent burden, balanced with the need to produce official statistics that are fundamental to good government and provide a good evidence base to inform public policy.

It is on this basis that NISRA produces an annual report detailing the burden placed on Households and Individuals as a result of completing statistical surveys issued by Northern Ireland Departments.

This report includes information on the number of surveys, or parts of surveys, issued by NI Departments (including their Arm’s Length Bodies) in the financial year ending 31st March 2021, and the time spent by Households and Individuals in complying with these regular and ad-hoc Government surveys.

The Code of Practice for Statistic has a statutory basis and recognises the importance of monitoring and reducing respondent burden, balanced with the need to produce official statistics that are fundamental to good government and provide a good evidence base to inform public policy.

It is on this basis that NISRA produces an annual report detailing the burden placed on Households and Individuals as a result of completing statistical surveys issued by Northern Ireland Departments.

This report includes information on the number of surveys, or parts of surveys, issued by NI Departments (including their Arm’s Length Bodies) in the financial year ending 31st March 2019, and the time spent by Households and Individuals in complying with these regular and ad-hoc Government surveys.

This report details the cost to businesses of complying with statutory and voluntary government statistical surveys in Northern Ireland. It provides information on the number of surveys carried out by each government department.

This report details the cost to businesses of complying with statutory and voluntary government statistical surveys in Northern Ireland. It provides information on the number of surveys carried out by each government department.

The Burden to Households and Individuals of Completing Statistical Surveys issued by Northern Ireland Government Departments in 2016/17 is the second report in this series. The previous report, published in August 2017, covered both 2015/16 and 2014/15. This report complements the more established annual report on the cost to businesses of complying with NI Government Statistical surveys.

NISRA would welcome your feedback, on what you use this report for, any tables/charts or commentary you find particularly helpful and any additional analysis you would like to see. Feedback can be provided by emailing Garbhan.McKevitt@nisra.gov.uk

Revision Note: This publication was revised on 5th July 2018 due to an error in the calculation of average completion times. This affects Tables 2, 3, and 4 as well as the corresponding text.