{"id":7075,"date":"2022-03-18T11:32:25","date_gmt":"2022-03-18T11:32:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eastlammermuircommunitycouncil.org.uk\/?p=7075"},"modified":"2022-03-18T11:32:25","modified_gmt":"2022-03-18T11:32:25","slug":"remember-to-complete-your-census-form-by-20th-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/elcc\/2022\/03\/remember-to-complete-your-census-form-by-20th-march\/","title":{"rendered":"Remember to Complete your Census Form by 20th March"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Scotland\u2019s Census<\/strong> is the official count of every person and household in the country. It usually takes place every 10 years. The census asks questions about people\u2019s age, sex, home and living situation, employment, education and qualifications, as well as ethnicity. Every household in Scotland must complete the census and by doing so are helping to shape Scotland\u2019s future.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Completing the census is important because the answers provide the Scottish Government, and many other service providers with the data they need to make important decisions that affect people\u2019s lives and their communities. These decisions include how money will be spent on important services like education, housing, healthcare, roads and railways, and so much more.<\/p>\n<p>From the end of February, households will begin to receive a letter with instructions on how to complete their census online.<\/p>\n<p>Census Day is 20 March but you can fill it in as soon as you receive your letter. Just make sure you answer questions with information that will be correct on 20 March to ensure that the census team have a snapshot of the nation on this day.<\/p>\n<p>Go to <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/census.gov.scot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">census.gov.scot<\/a><\/span> or call the free helpline on 0800 030 8308 for help and guidance on the questions, or if you need support to fill it in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scotland\u2019s Census is the official count of every person and household in the country. It usually takes place every 10 years. The census asks questions about people\u2019s age, sex, home and living situation, employment, education and qualifications, as well as ethnicity. Every household in Scotland must complete the census and by doing so are helping &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/elcc\/2022\/03\/remember-to-complete-your-census-form-by-20th-march\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Remember to Complete your Census Form by 20th March&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":238,"featured_media":7076,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[782,470,467],"class_list":["post-7075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-census","tag-scotland","tag-scottish-govt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/elcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/elcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/elcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/elcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/238"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/elcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7075"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/elcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7075\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7078,"href":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/elcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7075\/revisions\/7078"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/elcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/elcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/elcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/elcc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}