UK harmonisation

The Registrars General of England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland have agreed (subject to the need for approval where appropriate by the relevant legislatures) the intention to conduct Censuses simultaneously throughout the UK in 2011. The aim is to promote UK harmonisation and to produce consistent and coherent outputs for the UK and for each component country. To achieve this, a number of UK-wide Committees have been set up to consider different areas of census development where common methodologies and approaches can be adopted.  

• To download the UK harmonisation document, please Click Here. 

• To download an annex to the Registrars General’s Agreement, please Click Here.  This document sets out key high level aims for ensuring, so far as practicable, that the outputs from the 2011 Census meet user needs.   

• To download the UK Statistical Disclosure Control Policy for 2011 Census Output, please Click Here.

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