Overview of online engagement

A total of 226 people signed up to our online engagement, and posted 1,079 comments. As well as the people who signed up and commented, the number of interested people is reflected by the 4,131 page views received throughout the engagement period. A range of individuals participated, and most census topics were discussed.

Overview of face-to-face engagement

A total of 128 members of the public attended our workshops and seminars across the five sites. Participants came from a range of organisations, particularly central and local government. The large number of census topics meant it was difficult to go into detail about each of them. Therefore we mainly used these sessions to promote the online discussion forum and encourage participants to make formal submissions.

Overview of formal submissions

A total of 176 individuals and organisations submitted during the public consultation period. Many of the submitters provided feedback on multiple topics. There was representation from central government, local government, non-government organisations, interest groups, academics, researchers, health boards, and individuals.

Note that submissions from a single organisation often represent the collective views of multiple key stakeholders within that organisation or group.

Figure 1 shows the number of submissions from each customer segment. Health boards are usually treated as a subset of central government; however, because of the number of submissions they made and their importance to us as customers, we have separated them out.

Figure 1