Recommendations for 2011 questions

• Include question on economic or occupational status one year prior to the 2011 Census or at least a question to identify those who were students one year ago

• Do not allow migrants to tick a box ‘no usual address one year ago’ or, if it is allowed, then ask also for actual address then (or, failing that, impute previous address (as for other ‘origin not stated’)

• Follow Scotland’s example by extending the journey-to-work question to include journey to place of study across the rest of the UK

• Include questions on other homes/workplaces and duration of stay (see 2006 Census Test in Scotland) which will provide important new information about mobility behaviour