The national census is due to take place on 27th March 2011, run by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) in England and Wales, so please ensure you fill it out.
2011 Census requires everyone to be counted at the address where they usually live. Anyone away from home on census day, Sunday 27 March, must be included on the household questionnaire for their usual address.
Away or on holiday – If everyone in the household is away on census day please complete and return your questionnaire before you go or as soon as possible afterwards. Remember to make sure your answers are about your household on census day. Your questionnaire needs to include all people who usually live at this address. This means that you should include everyone for whom this is their permanent or family home, even if they are working or studying away from home. If you are staying at another address in the United Kingdom (UK) on census night you should be included as a visitor on the questionnaire for that address.
The census is a count of the population which is completed in the UK every ten years to find out more about who we are as a nation. The data is used to help government and local authorities decide how best to plan, fund and deliver the everyday services we all need – like housing, education, healthcare and transport.
The census have been posted out to households in early March and can be completed online or sent back via a pre-paid envelope.
Please note that residents who return their completed questionnaires promptly (before 6 April) will not be contacted by the census field staff. All census staff will carry an ID card with a photo, logo and hologram. Staff will not ask for details such as credit card details, bank accounts or password etc. Please be vigilant and bear in mind that only registered staff will carry out this work. If you are not sure ring the number that will be on their ID card. If you are still concerned get them checked out before letting anyone into your home!
To find out more about census 2011, please click on general information and for more details about the circumstances in which census field staff may make contact with residents click here. Remember that field staff may call after 6 April.
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i have a prob with the 2011 census …the data collectors are lockheed martin, http://www.lockheedmartin.com/
why would a arms provider be contracted to admin the uk census ?
that said ..i duly filled mine out, ..gave me a headache, ..
/discuss i am at a loss here
The data collection contract is with Lockheed Martin Uk and not Lockheed Martin USA. I don’t know if that makes you feel any safer. If you look at the census website http://www.census.gov.uk then follow the link for the press centre you can find a statement about Lockheed Martin. Hope the headache improves!
@Fiona h
the headache improved sometime after 11am today…i had to many John smiths last night lol..i didn’t know if i was on this earth or Fuller’s earth, .