§ Mr. Redmondasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he is satisfied with the accuracy of the census figures so far published, especially so far as recent immigrants are concerned; and whether he will make a statement.
§ Sir K. JosephFigures published in both the Preliminary Report and the Advance Analysis of the 1971 Census are provisional, but I do not expect that there will be any major differences in the final figures which are now in course of publication. I accept the importance of demonstrating beyond doubt the accuracy of census figures and appropriate statistical evaluations will be published in due course.
The Advance Analysis shows the numbers of persons resident in Great Britain 270W at the time of the census who were born in various countries. National volumes to be published next year will give final versions of these statistics analysed additionally by parents' country of birth and date of entry but census figures do not relate directly to colour, ethnic origin or nationality.