The Census Order 1990

Particulars to be stated in returns

13.  In respect of any person aged 16 years or over, whether that person was at any time during the week preceding census day:–

(a) looking after the home or family;

(b) engaged in full-time remunerative work as an employed person, and for this purpose that person is engaged in full-time work as an employed person if he usually works more than 30 hours per week in any one such employment (the hours to be reckoned excluding overtime and meal breaks);

(c) engaged in part-time remunerative work as an employed person, and for this purpose that person is engaged in part-time work as an employed person if he usually works 30 hours or less per week in any one such employment (the hours to be reckoned excluding overtime and meal breaks);

(d) engaged in remunerative work as a self-employed person, and if so whether or not employing others;

(e) waiting to take up remunerative work already accepted;

(f) seeking remunerative work or prevented by temporary sickness or holiday from seeking remunerative work;

(g) permanently sick or disabled;

(h) wholly retired from remunerative work;

(i) at school or a full-time student (excluding training provided by an employer);

(j) receiving training or temporarily employed under arrangements made by the Secretary of State;

(k) occupied otherwise than as mentioned above, and if so how occupied,

and for the purpose of paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) above, a person shall be treated as being engaged in remunerative work during the week preceding census day notwithstanding that at any time during that week he was absent from work because he was engaged in a trade dispute, or because he was on holiday or incapable of work by reason of sickness, or because he was laid off work temporarily by his employer.