UK Census 2021 and 2022 data user working group

Dyddiad y datganiad:
15 June 2022

FOI Ref: FOI/2022/4179

You asked

I note that the ONS has set up a "UK Census 2021 and 2022 data user working group".

As the stated purpose of these organisations is for "developing and delivering UK census outputs" it is important for transparency purposes for the general public to be aware of which organisations and professional people are contributing to this process.

Accordingly, I hereby request disclosure of

  1. which organisations are involved

  2. which individuals (academics etc.) are also contributing in their professional capacities.

We said

Thank you for your request.

The current list of organisations represented on the UK Census 2021 and 2022 data user working group are:

  • Borough of Poole

  • Caerphilly County Borough Council

  • Cambridgeshire County Council

  • Cambridgeshire County Council

  • Cardiff Council

  • Cheshire West and Chester Council

  • City, University of London/Census GeoDems Group

  • Edinburgh Napier University

  • GEOLYTIX (London)

  • Greater London Authority

  • Greater Manchester Combined Authority

  • Hampshire County Council

  • HMRC

  • HMRC

  • Irish in Britain

  • Kent County Council

  • Kent County Council

  • Manchester City Council

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG)

  • Muslim Council of Britain (MCB)

  • Newcastle University

  • Newcastle University and the Alan Turing Institute

  • Northumberland County Council

  • Oxford University

  • Perspective Solutions Ltd

  • Powys County Council

  • Public Health Wales Observatory

  • School of Advanced Study, University of London

  • School of English Literature, Language & Linguistics, Newcastle University

  • School of Natural and Built Environment, Queen's University Belfast

  • Scottish Government

  • Shropshire Council

  • Social Disadvantage Research Centre at the University of Oxford

  • The English Teacher Ltd

  • UK Data Service

  • University College London

  • University of Cambridge

  • University of Salford

  • University of Southampton

The names of individuals are personal data and are therefore exempt under s.40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).

We actively promote the working group seeking participation to ensure the group is representative of our users across the whole of the UK. A few ways we have done so are via Census Advisory Groups; our UK data web page and the Outputs consultation we ran last year. If you are interested in joining this group, or sharing your needs for UK data, please email census.outputs@ons.gov.uk.

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