The Committee is undertaking a programme of work on statistics and their use in government by means of a series of eleven studies. As part of this work, the Committee is looking at the future of the Census.
The Committee held an oral evidence session on 25 February:
The session considered the options for the future of the Census, as explored in the Office for National Statistics' Beyond 2011 programme on the future of the Census. The Committee’s report is currently in preparation.