The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician who has been asked to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 15 January 2007:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking how many Freedom of Information applications were made to the Office for National Statistics in each month between January 2005 and November 2006 for disclosure of extracts from the 1921 Census for specific addresses in England or Wales. (113799)
Between January 2005 and November 2006 the Office for National Statistics received a total of 19 requests for information from the 1921 Census, under the Freedom of Information Act. The attached table breaks these requests down by month.
Number of requests January 2005 — February 2005 2 March 2005 5 April 2005 — May 2005 — June 2005 — July 2005 — August 2005 1 September 2005 2 October 2005 — November 2005 — December 2005 — January 2006 1 February 2006 2 March 2006 — April 2006 — May 2006 2 June 2006 1 July 2006 1 August 2006 1 September 2006 — October 2006 — November 2006 1 Total 19