Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 12 September 2012.
Terms of Reference
Summary
1 Introduction
Early Census activity in England
Beyond 2011
Our inquiry
2 How the census is used currently
Social science in central government
Use of census by public bodies
Use of the census by industry
3 Value of the census
National coverage
Longitudinal studies/the advantage of comparisons over time
Detailed local information
Reliance on official information/difficulties of combining other sources
Census data as reference point
Disadvantages of reliance on census data
Timeliness
The impact of the census on the ONS
4 A future without a census?
Existing alternatives to the census
Concerns about the future availability and reliability of administrative sources
Future developments
Conclusions and recommendations
Formal Minutes
Witnesses
List of printed written evidence
List of additional written evidence
List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament
Oral and written evidence
Wednesday 7 December 2011: Professor David Blane, Deputy Director, ESRC International Centre for Life Course Studies, Professor Heather Joshi, President, Society for Lifecourse and Longitudinal Studies, and Professor Leslie Mayhew, City University
Wednesday 14 December 2011: Professor Tim Allen, Local Government Association, Aleks Collingwood, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Professor David Martin, Royal Statistical Society, and Professor Philip Rees, Royal Geographical Society; Adrian Alsop, Director of Research and International Strategy, Economic and Social Research Council, Jeremy Neathey, Deputy Director of Policy, Economic and Social Research Council, Glen Watson, Census Director, Office for National Statistics, and Peter Benton, Deputy Director, Office for National Statistics
Wednesday 18 January 2012: Richard Bartholomew, Joint Head of the Government Social Research Service, Department for Education, and Jenny Dibden, Joint Head of the Government Social Research Service, Department for Work and Pensions
Written evidence
Additional written evidence (unprinted)
