Population data key to next administration's decisions
Population data gathered this year will be crucial for the next administration.
The policy and reform minister's comments come as the Island prepares to fill out the 2021 census.
According to Ray Harmer that information will be key to decisions taken by the next Tynwald:
The census office, at Nivison House on Prospect Hill in Douglas, is open Monday to Friday, 8am to 4:30pm.
You can call government on 685700 to complete the census over the phone or request a paper copy.
Letters sent out this week will include a 10-digit access code to be used after heading to gov.im/census
Information should, however, only be supplied which relates to a household on Sunday 30 May.

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