Wed Apr 02, 2008 5:18 pm
We won!!!
Thanks to all of you who wrote to the Minister and the ONS. The treasury have today written to confirm money will be made available so the extra page of questions can be included in the 2011 census.
This is our statement :
[quote]Carers keep being counted
02 April 2008
Carers of sick and disabled people have won their battle to keep a question on caring in the 2011 census. Treasury Minister Angela Eagle has today confirmed that money has been made available for an extra page of questions that had been under threat.
A question on caring responsibilities was included for the first time ever in the 2001 Census and has led to unprecedented, reliable knowledge both locally and nationally about carers.
Today’s announcement was warmly welcomed by Carers UK who have been running a campaign, Keep Counting Carers, which has involved the support of carers, politicians, academics and researchers.
Imelda Redmond, Chief Executive of Carers UK said “This is fantastic news and down to the hard campaigning of carers, MP’s and academics. We can’t underestimate just how critical it is to have a question on caring in the census. Thanks to the information we gathered from the 2001 census we know that caring is an issue that affects millions of families across the UK. The census provides the best opportunity to get hard evidence on how we can support carers.â€Â

Thanks to all of you who wrote to the Minister and the ONS. The treasury have today written to confirm money will be made available so the extra page of questions can be included in the 2011 census.
This is our statement :
[quote]Carers keep being counted
02 April 2008
Carers of sick and disabled people have won their battle to keep a question on caring in the 2011 census. Treasury Minister Angela Eagle has today confirmed that money has been made available for an extra page of questions that had been under threat.
A question on caring responsibilities was included for the first time ever in the 2001 Census and has led to unprecedented, reliable knowledge both locally and nationally about carers.
Today’s announcement was warmly welcomed by Carers UK who have been running a campaign, Keep Counting Carers, which has involved the support of carers, politicians, academics and researchers.
Imelda Redmond, Chief Executive of Carers UK said “This is fantastic news and down to the hard campaigning of carers, MP’s and academics. We can’t underestimate just how critical it is to have a question on caring in the census. Thanks to the information we gathered from the 2001 census we know that caring is an issue that affects millions of families across the UK. The census provides the best opportunity to get hard evidence on how we can support carers.â€Â