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The UK Statistics Authority announced on 27 March 2014 that it has recommended to the United Kingdom Government that the next census in England and Wales should take place in 2021, a decade after the previous census in March 2011.〔(The census and future provision of population statistics in England and Wales: Recommendation from the National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority 27 March 2013 ), Accessed 23 April 2014〕 The National Records of Scotland also reported on the same date that it was proposing to the Scottish Government that a census in Scotland should also take place in 2021.〔(Welcome to the 2021 Census Page GROS ), Accessed 23 April 2014〕 In October 2014 the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), which is responsible for the census in Northern Ireland, published its proposals to conduct a census in 2021.〔(The Future Provision of Census of Population Information for Northern Ireland NISRA ), Accessed 30 December 2014〕 These announcements followed on from a series of co-ordinated research projects known collectively as the Beyond 2011 Programme. The UK Statistics Authority, which coordinates the United Kingdom census, has proposed that the 2021 census should be conducted predominantly online and be supplemented by the use of administrative and survey data. Legislation will be required by the Westminster government and devolved administrations.〔 ==Background== After the 2001 census both the UK coalition government and previous Labour Government expressed concerns about the rising costs of the decennial census. There were also concerns about the value of continuing with the traditional approach adopted for the 2001 census. This included whether collection methods were still fit for purpose in a rapidly changing society and whether census outputs, based on a survey conducted every ten years, would continue to meet the increasingly demanding needs of public and private sector users. Emerging technological developments were seen as providing alternative and improved data gathering opportunities. These concerns and opportunities led the UK Government to question if a supplementary or wholly alternative approach to the traditional 10-yearly census was required; more frequent, possibly annual, small-scale surveys could be employed instead.〔(Background to Beyond 2011 Office for National Statistics website ), Retrieved 30 April 2014〕 In 2011, The Beyond 2011 Programme was established to look at alternatives to the traditional census approach. The UK Statistics Authority coordinated the project which was also undertaken by its counterparts in the devolved administrations of Scotland and Northern Ireland.〔 In 2014, the UK Statistics Authority announced the recommendation from the Beyond 2011 Programme that there should be a 2021 census in England and Wales. It proposed that in 2021 there should be a decennial-style census for England and Wales, which in contrast with earlier censuses, would be conducted predominantly through online completion of census forms, supplemented by the further use of administrative and survey data. Existing census gathering methods would be used only as an alternative, where online methods are not feasible.〔(The census and future provision of population statistics in England and Wales UK Statistics Authority published 27 March 2014 ), Accessed 1 April 2014〕 A parallel announcement for Scotland's 2021 census was made by the National Records for Scotland.〔(Plans for a Census in Scotland in 2021 National Records for Scotland Press Release 27 March 2014 )〕 The ONS Director, Population and Demography Statistics was reported as saying that an estimated 60–65% of household returns would be completed online.〔( Report from ‘Counting the population: the 2021 Census and beyond’ event 1 May 2014 ), Accessed 7 May 2014〕 In April 2014, the British House of Commons Public Accounts Committee (PAC) concluded in its report ''Too soon to scrap the Census'', that the 2021 census should go ahead. It has reservations over the lack of investigation into the options for using administrative data and encouraged the UK Government to reassure the public about privacy concerns.〔(''Too soon to scrap the Census'' – UK Parliament Public Administration Committee Report Published 9 April 2014 ), Accessed 1 May 2014〕 The Minister for the Cabinet Office welcomed the recommendations for a predominantly online 2021 census for England and Wales supplemented by the use of governmental and other administrative data in a letter to the National Statistician in July 2014. He made clear that the Government saw the dual-running decennial national census with administrative data gathering option as a transitional approach and asked the National Statistician to ensure sufficient research is undertaken both prior to and after the 2021 census to find and validate alternative methods to replace the traditional national census and intermediate surveying approach.〔(Beyond 2011 Research Conference 2014: Summary of proceedings – August 2014 ), Accessed, 31 August 2014〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「United Kingdom Census 2021」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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