What is 2011 United Kingdom census?
A [[census]] of the [[population]] of the United Kingdom is taken every ten years. The '''2011 census''' was held in all countries of the UK on 27 March 2011. It was the first UK census which could be completed [[Online and offline|online]]. The [[Office for National Statistics]] is responsible for the census in England and Wales, the [[General Register Office for Scotland]] is responsible in [[Scotland]], and the [[Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency]] is responsible in [[Northern Ireland]]. The 2011 census for England and Wales included around 25 million [[household]]<nowiki/>s. Forms were posted out to all households, using a national [[address]] register compiled by the Office for National Statistics with the help of [[Local government|local authorities]]. [[Lockheed Martin]] was awarded the [[contract]] to provide services for the census: printing, a contact centre and [[data capture]] and processing. The contract was for £150 million, about one third of the total £482 million cost. Some people called for a [[boycott]] of the census over the involvement of Lockheed Martin, but as the Census is used to distribute money to local services a [[Local community|council]] may lose £22,000 over 10 years for each person who does not complete it. 35,000 people were employed to help collect the forms. There were 56 questions. Several were new. It asked immigrants their date of arrival and how long they intended to stay in the UK. There were tick boxes for same-sex [[civil partnership]]s. [[Nation]]al identity included English and [[Welsh people|Welsh]]. [[Ethnicity]] included [[Gypsies|Gypsy]] or [[Irish Travellers|Irish Traveller]] and [[Arab people|Arab]]. People were asked how well they could speak English. There was a question about the number of [[bedroom]]<nowiki/>s a household has, as well as the names, [[gender]] and birth dates of any overnight guests.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2009-10-21|title=2011 census questions published|language=en-GB|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/