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Oral question asked in the House of Lords, by Baroness Whitaker (Labour). It was answered on Wednesday, 16 July 2014.

Census 2021

Question

My Lords, following the very pertinent question from the noble Lord opposite, can the Minister give the House an assurance that the new category—that is to say, since 2011—of Gypsies and Travellers will not be lost in any new system, because it has already yielded invaluable factored information about the disadvantage experienced by these communities?

Answer

My Lords, I think that all Members will recall that we use a field force to go and find the people who are the most difficult to get hold

of and those in whom we are most interested. The Office for National Statistics estimates that the last census was some 94% complete. We suspect and fear that that the 6% we missed were strongly represented among the most vulnerable elements of the population.

Secondary information

Type
Oral question
Reference
755 c585 
Session
2014-15
Oral question type
Supplementary
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Census
Link
View this Oral question on www.publications.parliament.uk