FOI reference: FOI-2025-2599
You asked
Please can you provide me with a comprehensive list of questions and answers used within the Wealth and Assets Survey.
We said
Thank you for your Freedom of Information request.
WAS publicly released data and documentation are available through the UK Data Service. On the UKDS you will be able to find the WAS questionnaire detailing the questions and prompts used in WAS interviews as well as other survey documentation, which may be of interest to you.
WAS published aggregate figures will not match exactly using the UKDS dataset. This is because some households have been removed from this dataset for disclosure reasons. Where WAS data has been suppressed from release in the UK Data Service due to disclosure concerns, this information is also not accessible via FOI request. This is because s.39 of the Statistics and Registration Services Act 2007 (SRSA) prohibits us from disclosing information from which individuals can be identified. As such, s.44 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) applies to this information.
If you have any further questions, please get in touch with us at wealth.and.assets.survey@ons.gov.uk.