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<p>The draft Census (England and Wales) Order 2020 was laid in Parliament on 2 March.
It sets the date of the Census and the topics on which census questions are to be
asked.</p><p>Once made, the Order will be followed by Census Regulations for England
and for Wales. The Regulations for England will be laid before Parliament. The Regulations
for Wales are the responsibility of Welsh Ministers and will be laid before the National
Assembly for Wales. The Regulations to be made by the Welsh Ministers will contain
the final wording of the questions on Welsh language skills and ethnic group to be
asked in the Wales census.</p><p>As part of the Census Data Collection and Transformation
Programme, the ONS is exploring how to produce census-type statistics more frequently
than the decennial census, using other sources of data. The ONS will make a recommendation
to the Government in 2023 on the future of the census.</p><p> </p>
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