Census 2021: General Report for England and Wales

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Tuesday 17th June 2025 Written Statements

[The Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office (Georgia Gould)]

The UK Statistics Authority has published the general report of census 2021 in England and Wales. The general report is the official and comprehensive account of the 2021 census in England and Wales, which was delivered against the backdrop of the covid pandemic.

The general report is being laid before both Houses of Parliament pursuant to the Census Act 1920. It covers the whole operation of the census, from the 2014 recommendation to hold a digital-first census, through the preparation and delivery of the data-collection operation in 2021, to the publication of census data in 2022-23. The general report is also available on the Office for National Statistics’ website.

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