Data Protection: Is the 2011 census the last one of its kind?
Yesterday’s BBC news website carried a story headlined “Bedroom snooper row over census”. “For the first time”, the report says “people will be asked to provide details of the number of bedrooms they have as well as the names, sex and birth dates of any overnight guests in their homes”. “Other new questions”, the report adds “include how well people can speak English, the date overseas nationals entered the UK, how people define their national identity and whether they are




