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Response burden

Collecting information places a response burden on both people and businesses. While a certain amount of official form-filling is part of the responsibility of good citizenship, the Office is conscious that it does involve costs for the business sector. It is important, therefore, that the CSO follows a data collection strategy: that minimises the burden and costs for business; and that maximises the utility for statistical purposes of any information collected by the CSO or any other public authority.