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Any thoughts?
Tell them you're not interested in taking part; ONS surveys are voluntary. I was considerably less polite than that when they asked me, but it's up to you how nicely you want to decline. The important thing is that everybody should refuse to give information to the government, they only ever use it to accrete power to themselves and thereby steal it from you.
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It seems kosher but obviously a bit wary of giving out personal info. Any thoughts?
It's a real PITA. It's not just once - they'll want to ask you hours of pointless questions once a quarter for at least a year.
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Any thoughts?
Tell them to go fuck themselves?
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I did it last year coz they gave me something like 20 quid to spend on Amazon. Win
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I've done it twice now. An hour or two answering various questions about income, expenditure, etc. Hardly onerous and almost all of the information the Government could find out about me as an individual anyway. Voluntary too, so if you say no they'll move on and find someone else.
I've got a £10 voucher in the post for each one.
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The past few days I've had a note through my door (on official looking headed paper) saying I've been selected by the office of national statistics to take part in one of their surveys.
I had someone call at my door this evening (laminated pass and whatnot) saying that they were from the ONS and wanted to interview me. I said it wasn't convenient (I was eating my tea) and they said we could do it by phone tomorrow.
It seems kosher but obviously a bit wary of giving out personal info. Any thoughts?