Over a quarter of households in Lanarkshire have still to complete census returns despite it closing in less than a week.
National Records of Scotland (NRS) have confirmed that 700,000 householders across Scotland have yet to submit their return. In North Lanarkshire almost three out of 10 have yet to fulfil their legal responsibility, with submissions standing at 71.5 per cent.
In South Lanarkshire three-quarters (75.4) of householders have already completed the census, which is slightly below the national average.
