§ Captain Kerbyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if, in order to establish the exact number of Commonwealth immigrants in the United Kingdom by that date, as well as their offspring, he will include in the 1971 census forms detailed questions on ethnic origin.
§ Mr. CrossmanIn the census pre-test which was conducted at the end of April in six selected areas in Great Britain, the country of birth of each individual enumerated was asked for and also the country of birth of both parents of each individual. If the evaluation of this test indicates that reliable data can be collected in this way, then these questions will be proposed for the 1971 Census.
§ Captain Kerbyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services in how many foreign languages and dialects he proposes to print the 1971 census forms in order to assist those Commonwealth immigrants in the United Kingdom who cannot speak, read or write English.
174W
Place of birth of mother London Borough of Brent British Isles West Indies India Pakistan Africa Cyprus Others Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Number of births in area* 1. Domiciliary … 87 3 — — 2 — — 92 2. Institutional … 697 247 50 40 56 10 70 1,170 * Births included are those to mothers usually resident in the area and those (if any) occurring in the area to mothers usually resident outside England and Wales.
§ Mr. CrossmanIt is proposed in the 1971 Census to follow the procedure adopted in 1966 of printing both census forms and notes in Welsh as well as English and of printing the notes, but not the forms, in a number of other languages, which probably include Urdu, Hindi, Bengali, Polish, Greek and Italian.
In districts where there are large concentrations of immigrants, some enumerators will, if possible, be recruited from the immigrant community itself.