Census Data

I ask indulgence for asking - maybe again! - whether census records can be
seen/studied etc. At how recent a date? Are they closed for 100 years? Or
is it 50? Thanks.

CWatters...

100 years.

But you can allways try...

Eve McLaughlin...

wasted effort - no one has had any success with such requests, they just
have to be recorded.

Written answers
Wednesday, 16 November 2005
Constitutional Affairs
1911 Census

Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South, LDem) Hansard source
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many
Freedom of Information Act 2000 applications to see sections of the 1911
decennial census for England and Wales have been (a) received and (b)
rejected by the National Archives since 1 January.

Harriet Harman (Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs)
Hansard source
From January 1 2005 to date The National Archives has recorded 143 requests,
under the Freedom of Information Act, to see sections of the 1911 decennial
census. In accordance with the Act and with Government policy, the National
Archives considers each request for access to the 1911 returns on a case by
case basis, in consultation with the Office for National Statistics as the
transferring department. So far it has not been possible to grant any of
these requests because they are covered by S.41 exemption of the Act
relating to breach of confidence.

Gerry