§ Mr. BlairTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many advertisements for census enumerators were placed in jobcentres in January; and how many of these vacancies were filled by Friday 1 February.
§ Mr. DorrellThe Office of Population Censuses and Surveys and the General Register Office for Scotland made arrangements with the employment service to display a special poster advertising census enumerator posts in all job centres throughout Great Britain from early January 1991. A total of 117,550 enumerators are due to be appointed by 22 March 1991. By 1 February 91,041 people had applied, either to jobcentres or direct to the census offices; and 2,324 appointments had been made. The latest information available centrally is for 20 February. By then 185,960 people had applied and 24,671 appointments had been made.