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**Chris** · 09-04-2010, 11:33

Wolf-man ... there was a census nine years ago, in 2001. There will be another in 2011. There's a national census once every 10 years in the UK and has been for more than 200 years now. The 2001 census asked questions about religion for the first time, prompting an internet campaign for people to put 'Jedi'.

If you were the head of your household in 2001 then you should have filled this in. If you weren't then you may well not have been aware of it happening. But it does happen, and it is a major source of information which Government uses for long-term planning.

Nine-year-old data is still relevant now because while populations do change, they rarely change so fast that data becomes totally useless in under a decade.

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Chris Trollsplatter Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: North of Watford Services: Humane elimination of all common Internet pests Posts: 38,262	Re: Another protest against plans for a new mosque Wolf-man ... there was a census nine years ago, in 2001. There will be another in 2011. There's a national census once every 10 years in the UK and has been for more than 200 years now. The 2001 census asked questions about religion for the first time, prompting an internet campaign for people to put 'Jedi'. If you were the head of your household in 2001 then you should have filled this in. If you weren't then you may well not have been aware of it happening. But it does happen, and it is a major source of information which Government uses for long-term planning. Nine-year-old data is still relevant now because while populations do change, they rarely change so fast that data becomes totally useless in under a decade.