1921 Census

[dowdstree]

Unfortunately as you say Coombs the 1931 Census for England and Wales no longer exists. It was destroyed by fire in 1942 during WW2.

The Scottish 1931 Census is still intact as it was and still is stored in Scotland.

I will probably be kicking up the daisies by the time it is released 

Dorrie

[davidft]

Cannot wait. They wont be under any pressure to release 1931 as it does not survive, and no census was taken in 1941.

Shows how many censuses were released after less than 100 years so no promise whatsoever was made that the censuses would be closed for 100 years.

BIB That point has been raised many times before and so I am not going to rehearse the arguments again, save to say that all Censuses from 1921 onwards do fall under the legislation prohibiting publication before 100 years.

I know there are some, and one person in particular, who will dispute this. That is their right but they are not going to see a 1921 or later census earlier than 100 years after it was taken. (1939 Register was not a census and so is irrelevant to the discussion).

[coombs]

Well I heard that they were going to publish it in 2022 so 3 years off then.

[Scrumper]

If it's 100 years shouldn't it be available in June 2011?

[Jebber]

If it's 100 years shouldn't it be available in June 2011?

That would have been eight years ago, after 90 years.😄

Publication date for the 1921 census is 2nd January 2022, because the 1st is a Bank Holiday.

[pinefamily]

At this stage it will be exclusively on FindMyPast.

[Guy Etchells]

Cannot wait. They wont be under any pressure to release 1931 as it does not survive, and no census was taken in 1941.

Shows how many censuses were released after less than 100 years so no promise whatsoever was made that the censuses would be closed for 100 years.

BIB That point has been raised many times before and so I am not going to rehearse the arguments again, save to say that all Censuses from 1921 onwards do fall under the legislation prohibiting publication before 100 years.

I know there are some, and one person in particular, who will dispute this. That is their right but they are not going to see a 1921 or later census earlier than 100 years after it was taken. (1939 Register was not a census and so is irrelevant to the discussion).

Can you show me one piece of legislation other than the 1966 Statutory Instrument number 12 that brought the 100 year rule it being (and was itself repealed by the Freedom of Information Act 2000) that prohibits the release of information from the census for 100 years.

The Census Act 1920 prohibits release forever as does the Census Confidentiality Act 1991.
The Census Act 1920 http://www.rootschat.com/links/01ngf/
The Census Confidentiality Act 1991 http://www.rootschat.com/links/01ngg/

The first Census to carry the claim it would be confidential for 100 years was the 1981 census and the Registrar General later was forced to apologise to Parliament for exceeding his authority in making such a claim on the census schedule.

The nearest thing is the Data Protection Act 1997 as amended by the General Data Protection Regulation 2018 (GDPR).

You know there is no legislation to back up your claim otherwise you would make that legislation public.
You may be interested to read the Commons debate on the release of the 1911 census
http://www.rootschat.com/links/01n2h/

Cheers
Guy

[jonwarrn]

But are they going to include it in the sub from the start, or ask people to pay out again as they did for the 1911 census and - for a short time - the 1939 Register?

[Milliepede]

Excuse me being dim but why will it be released in 2022 not 2021