2011 census: User and advisory groups
We worked with several user and advisory groups to help us plan the 2011 census. The groups played an important role in providing us with:
- advice
- feedback
- quality assurance of data
Census data quality advisory working group
This group involved external organisations to help us quality assure census data. It met several times over a 3 year period from 2010 to 2013. You can view papers from the group's meetings on this page.
5 August 2010
- Terms of reference
- Comparator sources
- Minutes of meeting held on 5 August 2010
- Presentation: Census Data Quality Assurance
12 January 2011
- Meeting minutes
- Comparator data requests
- Data quality management system checks
- Downstream processing checks
- Coverage adjustment methodology
19 May 2011
11 October 2012
- Presentation: The process for quality assuring 2011 Census estimates for Scotland
- Presentation: Downstream Processing
- Presentation: The Quality Assurance Process
12 June 2013
Scottish census steering committee
The steering committee was made up of people from different parts of Scottish society.
They were asked to provide the Registrar General with advice on how to develop plans for Scotland’s 2011 Census. You can view papers from the committee's meetings on this page.
Its members included representatives of:
- people who had special difficulties filling in the questionnaires
- minority ethnic communities
- Gaelic speakers
- local authorities
- the health service
- industrial and commercial census data users
- academics
Scottish Census Steering Committee - Charter Statement
11 June 2009
8 September 2009
- Minutes of meeting
- Lessons from rehearsal: Part II
- Scotland’s 2011 Census outputs strategy: summary version
- Response to controversy about CACI (UK)
21 January 2010
- Meeting minutes
- Consultation on 2011 Census Outputs
- Overview of security for Scotland's Census
- 2011 Publicity Strategy
13 April 2010
- Meeting minutes
- Enumeration of Communal Establishments
- Community Engagement: Communicating with ‘hard to count’ groups
29 June 2010
- Meeting minutes
- Scotland’s 2011 Census Outputs: Report on Consultation Progress
- Statistical Disclosure Control Update
- Community Engagement Update Action Plans
25 October 2010
13 July 2011
Population and Migration Statistics (PAMS) Committee
PAMS is the official Scottish census advisory group. We publish details of PAMS meetings on the main National Records of Scotland website.
UK census outputs working group
This group provided expert views on 2011 census data. You can read more about this group on the Office for National Statistics website.