Wednesday 10 March 2021

England's High Court orders change to census guidance

Although the Scottish decennial census has been postponed until 2022 (http://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2020/07/coronavirus-moves-scotlands-next-census.html), the English, Welsh and Northern Irish equivalents will continue this year, with their census day fixed for March 21st. 

Despite the precedent from many previous exercises of holding the census on a particular day, many folk have already filled in their forms in England, Wales and Northern Ireland (https://census.gov.uk). However, following a legal challenge, the Office for National Statistics has now been instructed by the High Court in England to change the guidance that has been issued to those filling out the form on the question of how to answer "What is your sex?"

You'll find the full story in the Guardian at https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/mar/09/guidance-on-sex-question-in-uk-census-must-be-changed-high-court-rules.

Chris

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