National Address Register

The Statistics User Forum is pressing for the establishment of a permanent and definitive national address register, updated on an ongoing basis.

Such a register is being developed in Scotland. However, while a register is being developed for England and Wales for the 2011 Census, its use will be tightly restricted to the Census and it will not be maintained thereafter.

News

24 August 2009 In a letter to John Healey MP, Association of Regional Observatories chair, Rosie Paskins, asks the Government to "fully review the business case for a national address register

4 August 2009 In a letter to John Healey MP, the chairman of Ordnance Survey (OS), Sir Rob Margetts, sets out OS's views.

28 July 2009 In a letter to John Healey MP, the chair of the Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA), Councillor Ian Swithenbank, expresses interest of IDeA in "finding a route to provide a single national address register as a public good".

21 July 2009 In a press release the Demographics User Group expresses its "strong satisfaction with the House of Commons Public Administration Select Committee's support for the UK Statistics Authority's call for a single regularly updated national address register"

14 July 2009  A letter (*.pdf, external link) from the chair of the Public Administration Select Committee, Tony Wright MP, to government minister, John Healey MP, sets out the committee's support for the call for a "single definitive regularly updated national address register"

9 July 2009 In a statement (*.doc, 97kb) the Royal Statistical Society and the Statistics User Forum welcome the support of Sir Michael Scholar for a national address register saying "An accurate register of addresses is a vital piece of information that underpins the nation's knowledge around a range of issues such as how public services are managed, including local taxation and emergency services".

8 July 2009 In a letter (*.pdf, external link) from the UK Statistics Authority chair, Sir Michael Scholar, to government minister, John Healey, the need for a national address register is set out.

10 June 2009 In its submission (*.doc, 44kb) to the Public Administration Select Committee inquiry, Progress towards the 2011 Census, the Statistics User Forum highlights the case for a permanent address register

10 June 2009 In its submission (*.doc, 54kb) to the Public Administration Select Committee inquiry, Progress towards the 2011 Census, the Royal Statistical Society highlights the case for a permanent address register