[xtypo_dropcap]T[/xtypo_dropcap]he 2011 UK census could be the last one of its type, saving the government up to £480 million.
The census, carried out every decade since 1801 except during WWII, has used mailbox forms and return envelopes. Innovations proposed by the Office of National Statistics in 2008 covered “new approaches designed to improve census return rates in all areas and with all population groups.”
There will be separate censuses across the U.K. organized by the Office for National Statistics in England and Wales, the General Register Office for Scotland, and the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency on March 27, 2011.
Nationality, religious faith, marital status, and number of children are among the questions asked.
Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude told the Daily Telegraph, “There are, I believe, ways of doing this which will provide better, quicker information, more frequently, and cheaper.”
Maude said he was looking for ways to count the population more frequently, possibly using information that is already being collected by credit checking firms, the postal service, councils, and government.
The census, carried out every decade since 1801 except during WWII, has used mailbox forms and return envelopes. Innovations proposed by the Office of National Statistics in 2008 covered “new approaches designed to improve census return rates in all areas and with all population groups.”
There will be separate censuses across the U.K. organized by the Office for National Statistics in England and Wales, the General Register Office for Scotland, and the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency on March 27, 2011.
Nationality, religious faith, marital status, and number of children are among the questions asked.
Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude told the Daily Telegraph, “There are, I believe, ways of doing this which will provide better, quicker information, more frequently, and cheaper.”
Maude said he was looking for ways to count the population more frequently, possibly using information that is already being collected by credit checking firms, the postal service, councils, and government.
