The first results from the 2022 census have been released, showing Scotland's population to be at an all time high at 5,436,600 on census day, a 2.7% increase since 2011, and with over 65s now constitution one fifth of the population. The full story can be read on the NRS website at https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/news/2023/scotland%E2%80%99s-census-first-results.
* The 2022 census was fairly disastrous for the NRS, with additional spending required to try to improve the completion rate, which ended up at just 89% (England and Wales hit 97%). Whether the Scottish Government is willing to fund this overspend, or whether the NRS is expected to provide for the shortfall from existent budgets, is not yet clear. If the latter, this will not bode well for ongoing services from the archive in the immediate future.
** It is interesting to note that in January the NRS was advertising for a new Registrar General for Scotland and Keeper of the Records of Scotland https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2023/01/national-records-of-scotland-seeks-new.html. Eight months on, we still have an interim Chief Executive, Janet Egdell (https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/about-us). So what happened to the position as advertised - and how long is an interim appointment at the NRS...?
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