Counting the Population
Source: Parliament, UK
Government and Statistics Authority respond to UK Parliament Select Committee report
London: 18 September 2008
The UK Parliament House of Commons Treasury Committee published the Governments and the Statistics Authority responses to the Select Committees report titled: Counting the Population. The report titled: Counting the population: Government and Statistics Authority responses to the Committee’s Eleventh Report of Session 2007-08, (references Thirteenth Special Report of Session 2007–08, HC 1032. Published 18 September 2008, pages 24) outlines the intention of the Office of National Statistics to compile a national address data set in order to deliver the 2011 census and makes comparisons with the NORDIC countries with respect to Population Registers.
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With respect to Addresses the report on page 10 states:
“It will be essential to have good address information, both to conduct the Census and undertake successful linkage of records. ONS is on course to develop a national single address register for one-off use in the 2011 Census. ONS plans to use address sources from Ordnance Survey, Royal Mail and the National Land and Property Gazetteer to produce a single coherent address list. To enhance further the quality of the Census single address register, ONS plans to engage address product suppliers and Local Authorities to resolve address mismatches, including conducting an on-the-ground address checking exercise across significant parts of England and Wales before Census day.”
On page 19 the report states:
“As made clear in the UKSA response, ONS is developing a national single address register for use on the 2011 Census using sources from Ordnance Survey, Royal Mail and the Improvement and Development Agency (ie the National Land and Property Gazetteer) to produce a single coherent address list.
ONS intends to share the address intelligence gained prior to the Census with address product suppliers (where consistent with legislation) to help improve the quality of their address lists.”