§ Mr. Prescottasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what efforts were made to conduct a census survey of the oil rigs working on the United Kingdom continental shelf; and if he will consider a separate census being undertaken.
§ Sir George YoungCensus forms were not required to be delivered at off-shore installations. Persons working on off-shore installations who are members of households in Great Britain will have been included on the returns made at their home addresses; other persons working on the installation on census night will not have been included. The Office of Population Censuses and Surveys has obtained statistics of the total number of persons on off-shore installations on 17 June 1980 from a survey conducted on behalf of the Inland Revenue and will seek further figures from a similar survey to be conducted this year; these figures will be used in the commentary on the economic activity tables published from the census.