If your ancestors were based down south a century ago, the National Archives (www.nationalrchives.gov.uk) in England has announced that the English and Welsh 1921 census (and I suspect that for the Isle of Man and Channel Islands, although not specifically mentioned) will be released on FindmyPast (www.findmypast.co.uk) on January 6th 2022. There will initially be a charge to access individual entries, at £2.50 for every record transcript, and £3.50 per original image for each record.
For further details of the release, and a programme of podcasts and webinars announced by the archive to tie in, please visit www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/news/1921-census-online-publication-date-announced/. FindmyPast has a separate announcement about the release at www.findmypast.co.uk/blog/family-records/1921-census.
Meanwhile in Scotland, the earliest that the same census is likely to be released is at the end of 2022 - the tender for work to be done to facilitate this was only put out by the National Records of Scotland (www.nrscotland.gov.uk) in July of this year (see http://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2021/07/nrs-issues-request-for-tenders-to-index.html).
Update: Thanks to Myko Clelland at FindmyPast for clarifying that the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands are indeed included, along with records enumerating UK soldiers based overseas.
Chris
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