REVIEW OF NOMENCLATURE OF UNITS FOR TERRITORIAL STATISTICS (NUTS) BOUNDARIES 2012

ANNEX B - HOW TO RESPOND TO THIS CONSULTATION

We invite written responses to this consultation by Thursday, 10 January 2013.

This consultation, and all other Scottish Government consultation exercises, can be viewed online on the consultation web pages of the Scottish Government website at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/consultations.

How to respond

When responding you must complete the Respondent Information form and return it to us with your response (please see 'handling your response' below).

Please send your response to: statistics.enquiries@scotland.gsi.gov.uk

Or by post to:

Handling your response

We need to know how you wish your response to be handled and, in particular, whether you are happy for your response to be made public. Your completed Respondent Information Form, which forms part of the consultation questionnaire, will help us to treat your response appropriately. If you ask for your response not to be published we will regard it as confidential and we will treat it accordingly.

All respondents should be aware that the Scottish Government is subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 and so would have to consider any request made to it under the Act for information relating to responses made to this consultation exercise.

Information about Scottish Government Consultations

This consultation, and all other Scottish Government consultation exercises, can be viewed online on the consultation web pages of the Scottish Government website at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/consultations.

The Scottish Government has an email alert system for consultations, http://register.scotland.gov.uk. This system allows stakeholder individuals and organisations to register and receive a weekly email containing details of all new consultations (including web links). It complements, but in no way replaces SG distribution lists, and is designed to allow stakeholders to keep up to date with all SG consultation activity, and therefore be alerted at the earliest opportunity to those of most interest. We would encourage you to register.

Next steps in the process

Where respondents have given permission for their response to be made public and after we have checked that they contain no potentially defamatory material, responses will be made available to the public in the Scottish Government Library. You can make arrangements to view responses by contacting the SG Library on 0131 244 4552. Responses can be copied and sent to you, but a charge may be made for this service.

What happens next?

Following the closing date, all responses will be analysed and considered along with any other available evidence to help us finalise proposals for NUTS areas in Scotland. We aim to issue a report on this consultation process by March 2013.

Comments and complaints

If you have any comments about how this consultation exercise has been conducted, please send them to Roger Halliday, The Chief Statistician, Scottish Government, St Andrews House, Regent Road, Edinburgh EH1 3DG or email Roger.Halliday@Scotland.gsi.gov.uk