2009/12/1 Kathleen Ogg-Moss <koggmoss@gmail.com> wrote: England does not have the 100 year rule either. > _______________________________________________ Well, it does, actually, or at least it is supposed to. This is what the Department of National Statistics website says, quoting from the relevant Act: "Personal census information is held securely for 100 years before being made available to the public." The release of the 1911 data 2 years early was a one-off breaking of the rule and required, I imagine, a special decision by Parliament. There is a lot of debate behind the scenes about future release dates. With the population expecting to include thousands of centenarians soon, it is quite likely that the 100-year embargo will be reinstated. Especially necessary as the data collected by Census is becoming more and more detailed [and intrusive, in my view]. -- Best wishes Ray ********************************************************** >From Ray Hennessy Forenames website: www.whatsinaname.net Preferred Email address: ray@whatsinaname.net Hints for Scotland's People at http://bit.ly/WIAN-SCP **********************************************************

Ray's right, the early release of the 1911 census for England & Wales was achieved by government following a petition on the No. 10 Downing Street website. http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/ People's rights to privacy are worth more than the torment early release of sensitive information might do to those dont need to know. I inherited an envelope in my mother's hand with a plea to let it be because it would do nobody any good. Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray Hennessy" <ray@whatsinaname.net> > > Well, it does, actually, or at least it is supposed to. This is what the > Department of National Statistics website says, quoting from the relevant > Act: > "Personal census information is held securely for 100 years before being > made available to the public." > > The release of the 1911 data 2 years early was a one-off breaking of the > rule and required, I imagine, a special decision by Parliament. There is a > lot of debate behind the scenes about future release dates. With the > population expecting to include thousands of centenarians soon, it is quite > likely that the 100-year embargo will be reinstated. Especially necessary > as the data collected by Census is becoming more and more detailed [and > intrusive, in my view].