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Constitutional Affairs written question – answered on 13th February 2006.

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Photo of Barry Sheerman Barry Sheerman Chair, Education & Skills Committee, Chair, Education & Skills Committee

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what recent representations her Department has received regarding the denial of public access to census records before 1970.

Photo of Harriet Harman Harriet Harman Minister of State (Department of Constitutional Affairs), Member, Labour Party National Executive Committee

Since the implementation of the Freedom of Information Act on 1 January 2005, the National Archives has received 14 appeals from inquirers who have been denied access to information contained in the 1911 census returns.

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