SCOTLAND

Scottish census extended amid low completion rate

The Scottish Government has extended the deadline for census returns by four weeks in a bid to boost a completion rate of just 77%.

By Chris Mahony | 03 May 2022

The Scottish Government has extended the deadline for census returns by four weeks in a bid to boost a completion rate of just 77%.

Last week - just days before the 1 May deadline - 604,000 Scottish households had yet to complete the census.

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