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A list of recognized statistics
A Freedom of Information request to Office for National Statistics by John Cross
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John Cross
29 March 2008
Dear Sir or Madam,
Could you please provide a list of recognized religions in the United Kingdom. I would also appreciate a clear definition of the term "recognized religion."
Yours faithfully,
John Cross
John Cross
14 June 2008
Dear Sir or Madam,
Please can I have an internal review of the way my request was handled (text of request is below).
In particular please could you consider whether a response was sent within the required timescale.
Yours sincerely,
John Cross
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29 March 2008
Dear Sir or Madam,
Could you please provide a list of recognized religions in the United Kingdom. I would also appreciate a clear definition of the term "recognized religion."
Yours faithfully,
John Cross
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FOI Team
Office for National Statistics
16 June 2008
Dear Mr Cross
I do apologise that you do not appear to have received a reply to your
email of 29 March.
ONS is not the arbiter of what constitutes a religion. The
religions/faiths which are recognised in Census outputs are a result of
extensive consultation with religious organisations and users of Census
statistics, and also reflect the range of write-in responses given in
pre-Census tests.
I have provided a link to the 2001 Census table Key Statistics 07, which
shows the broad religious groups used for standard output.
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/StatBase/Ex...
A more detailed religion classification is available for 2001 Census
commissioned output. Here is a link to the definitions volume:
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/c...
(see Paragraphs 6-11)
This is by no means an exhaustive list.
I hope this response has been helpful, and please let me apologise again
for the delay in responding,
Nicola Shearman
request-120-835781dc@whatdot
heyknow.com To: FOI Team@ONS
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14/06/2008 19:54 Subject: Re: Freedom of Information request - A list of recognized statistics
Dear Sir or Madam, Please can I have an internal review of the way
my request was handled (text of request is below).
In particular please could you consider whether a response was sent
within the required timescale.
Yours sincerely,
John Cross
---- 29 March 2008
Dear Sir or Madam,
Could you please provide a list of recognized religions in the
United Kingdom. I would also appreciate a clear definition of the
term "recognized religion."
Yours faithfully,
John Cross
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John Cross
16 June 2008
Dear FOI Team,
In view of the response I received after my request for an internal review I have decided to withdraw that request.
Many thanks for your help,
John