User Checklist
This checklist is to help highlight the key steps you should take when using the self-assessment form to evaluate the ethics of your project. It also highlights some of the key people or business areas that you may wish to discuss your self-assessment/ project with in order to ensure the legality of your project.
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Made the appropriate checks that the use of data is legal
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Completed the Basic Information section
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Completed the Weightings for Sensitive Research Areas section
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Completed the Item drop down selection and justifications section
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Shared self-assessment with appropriate colleagues to receive feedback
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Shared self-assessment with the Data Ethics team for feedback (this is an essential step, regardless of your self-assessment outcome).
Please send completed self-assessment forms to Data.Ethics@statistics.gov.uk for feedback before commencing your project. Please note that the completed self-assessments submitted to the UK Statistics Authority may be subject to a compliance review audit.
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