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The Census (Scotland) Order 2000

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Articles 4(2) and 5

SCHEDULE 1PERSONS WITH RESPECT TO WHOM AND BY WHOM RETURNS ARE TO BE MADE

(1)(2)
Premises, vessel or other placePersons
GROUP I
Any dwelling or part of a dwelling (including a caravan, houseboat or other temporary building or structure used as living accommodation) occupied by a household (whether consisting of one or more persons).

Every person who–

(a)

is usually resident in the dwelling or the part of the dwelling whether as a member of the household, paying guest or boarder, or as an employee of any such person;

(b)

not being a person to whom paragraph (a) above refers, is in full time education and has a home address in the dwelling or the part of the dwelling.

GROUP II
Any hotel or guest house.Every person who is usually resident in the premises and who has not been included in any other return in the United Kingdom.
GROUP III
Any hospital, nursing home, religious or charitable community or other residential establishment whatsoever, not being an establishment mentioned elsewhere in this Schedule.Every person who is usually resident in the premises and who has not been included in any other return in the United Kingdom.
GROUP IV
Any residential school, college or other educational establishment.Every person who is usually resident in the premises.
GROUP V
Any civil prison or other place of detention.Every person who is usually resident in the premises and who has not been included in any other return in the United Kingdom.
GROUP VI
Any vessel which is at a port in Scotland at midnight ending census day, barracks, station or other premises under naval, military or air force discipline.Every person who is usually resident on the vessel or in the premises and who has not been included in any other return in the United Kingdom.
GROUP VII
Any vessel which is at a port in Scotland at midnight ending census day not included in Group VI.Every person who is usually resident on the vessel and who has not been included in any other return in the United Kingdom.
GROUP VIII
Any other place not included in the above Groups.Every person who has no usual address.

Article 6(1), (2), (3), (4) and (5)

SCHEDULE 2PARTICULARS TO BE STATED IN RETURNS

1.  First name and surname of each member of the household who is usually resident at the address to which the return relates indicating whether an individual form is being completed by that member.

2.  The first name and surname of the first person mentioned in the return and, for any person specified in column (2) of Group I, first name and surname and relationship to the first person mentioned in the return, and, as the case may be, where there are 5 or less persons in the household, the relationship of each of the previous persons mentioned in the return and where there are 6 or more persons in the household, the relationship of the sixth and subsequent persons to the two previously mentioned persons in the return.

3.  First name and surname.

4.  Sex.

5.  Date of birth.

6.  Whether single, married, widowed, divorced or separated, and if married whether first or subsequent subsisting marriage.

7.  Whether or not a schoolchild or student in full-time education and, if yes, whether or not living at the address to which the return relates during the school, college or university term.

8.  In respect of any person, whether or not able to:–

(a)understand spoken Scottish Gaelic;

(b)speak Scottish Gaelic;

(c)read Scottish Gaelic; and

(d)write Scottish Gaelic.

9.  Country of birth.

10.  As regards ethnic group, whether–

(a)White;

(b)Chinese;

(c)Indian;

(d)Pakistani;

(e)Bangladeshi;

(f)Black Caribbean;

(g)Black African;

(h)Of another black ethnic group and, if so, stating which;

(i)Of mixed ethnic groups and, if so, stating which groups; or

(j)Of any other ethnic group and, if so stating which.

11.  Whether over the last twelve months his health has on the whole been good, fairly good or not good.

12.  Whether or not looking after, or giving any help or support to, family members, friends, neighbours or others because of long-term physical or mental ill-health or disability or because of problems related to old age and, if so, number of hours spent on this in a typical week excluding anything done as part of any paid employment.

13.  Whether or not suffering from any long term illness, health problem or disability which limits his daily activities or the work he can do.

14.  The usual mode of transport used for the longest part, by distance of the usual journey to his main place of work or study.

15.  The address of the person’s main place of work or study or whether he mainly works or studies at home, whether he works at an offshore installation or whether he has no fixed place of work or study.

16.  In respect of any person whose usual residence on 29th April 2000 was not the same as on census day, the usual residence on 29th April 2000.

17.  In respect of any person aged 16 years or over but under 75 years on census day, the levels of academic and vocational qualifications he has obtained.

18.  In respect of any person aged 16 years or over but under 75 years on census day, whether or not he was at any time during the week preceding census day doing any work as an employee, or on a self employed or freelance basis or in his own or family business or was on a Government sponsored training scheme.

19.  In respect of any person aged 16 years or over but under 75 years on census day, who was not doing any work at any time during the week preceding census day whether–

(a)he was actively looking for any kind of paid work during the 4 weeks preceding census day;

(b)if a job had been available during the week preceding census day he could have started it within 2 weeks;

(c)during the week preceding census day he was waiting to start a job already obtained;

(d)during the week preceding census day he was retired, a student, looking after home or family, permanently sick or disabled or none of these; and

(e)he has ever worked and, if so, the year he last worked.

20.  In respect of any person who has ever worked and who is aged 16 years or over but under 75 years on census day for the main job he was doing during the week preceding census day, or if not working during that week, for his last main job–

(a)whether he worked as an employee, or was self employed with employees or was self employed or freelance without employees;

(b)how many people worked for his employer at the place where he worked or, if self employed, how many people he employed;

(c)how many hours a week he usually worked in his main job;

(d)whether or not he supervised any other employees;

(e)the full name of the organisation he worked for in his main job or the name of his own business, or, whether self employed or freelance or working for a private individual;

(f)what was the business of his employer at the place where he worked or, if he was self employed or freelance or had his own business, what was the nature of that business;

(g)what was the full title of his main job; and

(h)what he did in his main job.

21.  Whether the living accommodation occupied by the household to which the return relates is a–

(a)whole house or bungalow (and whether detached, semi detached or terraced (including end terrace));

(b)flat, maisonette or apartment (and whether in a purpose built block of flats or tenement, part of a converted or shared house (including bed sits) or in a commercial building); or

(c)caravan or other mobile or temporary structure.

22.  Whether or not the accommodation occupied by the household to which the return relates is self contained.

23.  Number of rooms for use only by the household to which the return relates excluding any bathrooms, toilets, halls or landings, or rooms that can only be used for storage.

24.  Whether or not the household to which the return relates has the exclusive use of a bath or shower and toilet.

25.  In respect of the accommodation to which the return relates the lowest floor level on which any of the household’s living accommodation is situated.

26.  Whether or not the accommodation to which the return relates has central heating.

27.  Number of cars and vans owned, or available for use, by one or more members of the household to which the return relates.

28.  Whether the household to which the return relates–

(a)owns the accommodation outright;

(b)owns the accommodation with a loan or a loan secured over heritable property;

(c)pays part rent and part loan secured over heritable property;

(d)rents the accommodation; or

(e)lives in the accommodation rent free.

29.  Where the household rents the accommodation or lives in the accommodation rent free, whether the landlord is a local authority, housing association, private landlord, or other category of landlord.

30.  Where the household rents the accommodation or lives in the accommodation rent free, whether the accommodation is provided furnished or unfurnished.

31.  Where the person is usually resident in a household, his person number within that household.

32.  Where the person is usually resident in a communal establishment whether he is–

(a)a member of the staff or owner of the establishment;

(b)a relative of a member of the staff or relative of the owner of the establishment; or

(c)some other person.

Article 6(6)

SCHEDULE 3PARTICULARS TO BE STATED IN RETURNS TO WHICH ARTICLE 6(6) RELATES

1.  Number of individual forms issued.

2.  Number of individual forms collected.

3.  Type of establishment.

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