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 | | This simple but fundamental point is a cornerstone of UK census policy, with a continuing emphasis on responsiveness to users, and a particular commitment in the 2001 Census to an innovatory approach throughout its cycle. |
 | | The basis of the strategy The emphasis on responsiveness to users is an established feature of UK Censuses, with extensive consultation prior to each Census from 1971 onwards, and feedback afterwards, but the decision to have an agreed and well publicised output strategy was an innovation for the 2001 Census. |
 | | Whilst the Census remained the single most important source of information on neighbourhoods and communities at ward level and below, the value of the investment in the 2001 Census would only be realised in the barriers to joint working were removed and the Census results became much more accessible. |
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