Question reference: S5W-08526
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 30 March 2017
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Current status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 18 April 2017
Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will include a question in its next Household Survey questionnaire, which asks whether someone would consider downsizing to a home designed to meet their needs as they become older.
Answer
The Scottish Household Survey (SHS) team is currently assessing all the bids received for the SHS 2018 and 2019 questionnaires. This includes a bid for a question on the willingness for older people to downsize their home. The SHS steering group will consider the SHS questionnaire at their next meeting in June at which final decisions on content will be made. The Scottish Government will publish a report in July which details the outcomes of the review and which questions will be included in SHS 2018 and 2019.