If anyone is worried about the question asked on the 1921 census they should take a look at
http://tinyurl.com/2ucqcvr
There were no sensitive questions on the schedule-
Name & Surname, Relationship to Head, Age, Sex, Married or Orphaned, Birthplace, Nationality, School, Occupation, Employment, Place of work, Total Children Under 15, Ages of Children
Cheers
Guy
The words in black bold capital letters in the top left hand corner of the document isn't doing much for your cause...
Similar words have been on every census since 1801 that did not stop them being released during the lifetime of the population.
Some examples of census statements please take particular note of the 1911 statements
Census statements -
1911
"The contents of the Schedule will be treated as strictly confidential".
The following also appeared on the reverse of the Schedule:
"The contents of the Schedule will be treated as confidential. Strict
care will be taken that no information is disclosed with regard to
individual persons. The returns are not to be used for proof of age, as
in connection with Old Age Pensions, or for any other purpose than the
preparation of Statistical Tables".
1921
"STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL"
1931
No returns survive.
1941
No census taken.
1951
"The contents of the schedule are strictly confidential".
The following also appeared on the reverse of the schedule:
"STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL"
1961
"The contents of the schedule are strictly confidential".
The following also appeared on a separate sheet headed NOTES and EXAMPLES:
"CONFIDENTIALITY--No information about any individual person, family or
dwelling, will be given to anyone not employed on the Census".
1971
"The information you give on the form will be treated as CONFIDENTIAL
and used only for compiling statistics. No information about named
individuals will be passed to any other Government Department or any
other authority or person. If anyone in the census organisation
improperly discloses information you provide, he will be liable to
prosecution. Similarly you must not disclose information which anyone
(for example, a visitor or boarder) gives you to enable you to complete
the form".
1981
"Your replies will be treated in STRICT CONFIDENCE. They will be used to
produce statistics but your name and address will not be fed into the
census computer. After the census, the forms will be locked away for 100 years
before they are passed to the Public Record Office".
1991
"Your answers will be treated in strict confidence and used only to
produce statistics. Names and addresses will not be put into the
computer; only the postcode will be entered. The forms will be kept
securely within my office and treated as confidential for 100 years.
Anyone using or disclosing Census information improperly will be liable
to prosecution. For example, it would be improper for you to pass on to
someone else information which you has been given in confidence by a
visitor to enable you to complete the Census form".
Cheers
Guy
