FOI reference: FOI-2025-2979

You asked

I am requesting some data regarding businesses in Mid Wales. I am looking for information on how many businesses in Powys are receiving survey letters and how many are completing them. 

We said

Thank you for your request.

For the year 2024 – there were 3,207 times that a business from Powys was contacted with a request to complete a questionnaire for a statutory ONS survey. 

The number of responses was 2,438.

In all cases where we do not receive a response to our statutory surveys, we use a range of approaches to engage with business respondents to prompt survey completion. We take enforcement action against businesses who fail to respond as a last resort.