The Census Order 1990

Article 6(1), (2), (4) and (5)

SCHEDULE 2

Particulars to be stated in returns

1.  Name and surname.

2.  Sex.

3.  Date of birth.

4.  Whether single, married, widowed or divorced, and if married whether first or subsequent subsisting marriage.

5.—(a) For any person specified in column (2) of Group I, relationship to head of household or, where there are joint heads of the household, to the first head named in the return; or where there is no head or there are no joint heads of the household, to the first person named in the return; or if unrelated to the head or first named head or first person named in the return, position in household.

(b) For any person specified in column (2) of Groups II–V, position in establishment.

6.  Whether, at midnight ending census day:–

(a) present in the dwelling or part of the dwelling occupied by the private household to which the return relates or travelling overnight to that dwelling or absent from that dwelling but intending to return to it after working overnight, or,

(b) if not present or absent as aforesaid, whether elsewhere in Great Britain or outside of Great Britain.

7.  Usual residence, and, in respect of any student or schoolchild who does not reside at that usual residence during term time, the current or most recent term time address.

8.  In respect of any person whose usual residence on 21st April 1990 was not the same as on census day, the usual residence on 21st April 1990.

9.  Country of birth.

10.  As regards ethnic group, whether:–

(a) white,

(b) black Caribbean,

(c) black African,

(d) of another black ethnic group, if so stating which,

(e) Indian,

(f) Pakistani,

(g) Bangladeshi,

(h) Chinese, or

(i) of any other ethnic group, if so stating which.

11.  Whether suffering from any long-term illness, health problem or handicap which limits his daily activities or the work he can do.

12.  In respect of any person aged 18 years or over, the academic, professional or vocational qualifications obtained after attaining that age, and for each qualification the subject or subjects in which the qualification was obtained, the name of the institution which awarded the qualification and the year the award was made.

13.  In respect of any person aged 16 years or over, whether that person was at any time during the week preceding census day:–

(a) looking after the home or family;

(b) engaged in full-time remunerative work as an employed person, and for this purpose that person is engaged in full-time work as an employed person if he usually works more than 30 hours per week in any one such employment (the hours to be reckoned excluding overtime and meal breaks);

(c) engaged in part-time remunerative work as an employed person, and for this purpose that person is engaged in part-time work as an employed person if he usually works 30 hours or less per week in any one such employment (the hours to be reckoned excluding overtime and meal breaks);

(d) engaged in remunerative work as a self-employed person, and if so whether or not employing others;

(e) waiting to take up remunerative work already accepted;

(f) seeking remunerative work or prevented by temporary sickness or holiday from seeking remunerative work;

(g) permanently sick or disabled;

(h) wholly retired from remunerative work;

(i) at school or a full-time student (excluding training provided by an employer);

(j) receiving training or temporarily employed under arrangements made by the Secretary of State;

(k) occupied otherwise than as mentioned above, and if so how occupied,

and for the purpose of paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) above, a person shall be treated as being engaged in remunerative work during the week preceding census day notwithstanding that at any time during that week he was absent from work because he was engaged in a trade dispute, or because he was on holiday or incapable of work by reason of sickness, or because he was laid off work temporarily by his employer.

14.—(a) In respect of any person aged 16 years or over engaged in remunerative work at any time during the week preceding census day, in respect of the work or as the case may be the main work in that week:–

(i) the name and nature of business of employer if an employee, or, if self-employed, name of business of self-employed person and nature of that business;

(ii) occupation to which that work relates;

(iii) description of work done in that occupation;

(iv) the hours usually worked (excluding overtime and meal breaks);

(v) the address of the place of the work;

(vi) the main method of travel used for daily journey to the work, or whether working mainly at home.

(b) In respect of any person aged 16 years or over not engaged in remunerative work at any time during the week preceding census day, whether engaged in remunerative work at any time during the 10 years preceding census day, and if so, in respect of the most recent of such work, the particulars specified in paragraph 14(a)(i) to (iv).

15.  Number of rooms occupied by the private household to which the return relates excluding any kitchen which is less than 2 metres wide, and excluding any bathroom and water closet.

16.  Whether the living accommodation occupied by the private household to which the return relates is:–

(a) in a caravan or in any other mobile or temporary structure, or

(b) the whole of a house or bungalow, and if so whether detached, semi-detached or terraced, or

(c) the whole of a purpose built flat or maisonette, and if so, whether in a purpose built block of flats or maisonettes or in a commercial building, or

(d) part of a house, bungalow or flat, and if so:–

(i) whether the entrance to the house, bungalow or building which contains the flat is shared with any other household,

(ii) whether the accommodation consists of one room or more than one room (excluding any kitchen which is less than 2 metres wide and excluding any bathroom and water closet), and

(iii) whether the accommodation has, enclosed behind its own front door, the exclusive use of all the following, that is to say, kitchen facilities, bathroom or shower, and water closet.

17.  Whether any person usually resident in the accommodation to which the return relates:–

(a) (i) In England and Wales, owns the freehold of the accommodation or has a lease of it for a term exceeding 21 years, and if so whether the accommodation is subject to a mortgage or legal charge executed at the time that that person acquired the freehold or leasehold interest and for the purpose of enabling him to do so, or

(ii) in Scotland, owns the dominium utile of the accommodation or has a lease of it for a term exceeding 20 years and if so whether the accommodation is subject to a heritable security granted at the time that that person acquired the dominium utile or the lease and for the purpose of enabling him to do so;

(b) occupies the accommodation pursuant to a lease which in England and Wales is for a term of 21 years or less or which in Scotland is for a term of 20 years or less, or rent free or at a rental, either:–

(i) by virtue of the employment of that person, or with a shop, farm or other business,

(ii) from a local authority,

(iii) from a new town development corporation, the Commission for the New Towns or a housing action trust,

(iv) from a housing association or charitable trust,

(v) from Scottish Homes, or

(vi) from any other person or body, and if so whether furnished or unfurnished; or

(c) occupies the accommodation in some other way, and if so stating the nature of that occupation.

18.  Whether the private household to which the return relates:–

(a) has the use of:–

(i) a bath or shower and if so whether such use is exclusive or shared;

(ii) a water closet with entrance inside the building and

• if so, whether such use is exclusive or shared, and

• if not, whether it has the use of a water closet with entrance outside the building;

(b) has central heating in the living rooms and bedrooms, and if so whether in all such rooms or not.

19.  The number of cars and vans normally available for the use of the members of the private household to which the return relates.

Additional particulars to be stated in returns made in Wales

20.  In respect of any person aged 3 years or over, whether:–

(a) speaking Welsh;

(b) reading Welsh;

(c) writing Welsh.

Additional particulars to be stated in returns made in Scotland

21.  In respect of any person aged 3 years or over, whether able to:–

(a) speak Scottish Gaelic;

(b) read Scottish Gaelic;

(c) write Scottish Gaelic.

22.  In respect of any dwelling, or part of a dwelling, occupied by the private household to which the return relates, the lowest floor level on which any of the household’s living accommodation is situated.