It’s less than six months to the census – the population survey which takes place in the UK every ten years (years ending in an 1).

It takes a lot of work by a lot of people, as I remember from when I was a census enumerator in Essex for the 1991 census, going door to door to deliver the census forms and going back several times to remind those who had not completed them.

The Office of National Statistics has been considering how to run this exercise during a pandemic, and preparing for the particular challenges of early 2021.

The findings of the census play an important part in shaping all sorts of decisions, so it’s really vital to ensure it is as accurate as possible.