Improving Migration and Population Statistics Project (IMPS)

The aims of this project are to:

 Improve migration and population statistics produced by the Office for National Statistics (ONS)
 Avoid the problems of Census 2001 when there was a large difference (1.2 million) between the Census and the rolled-forward mid year population estimates (MYEs)
 Gain a better understanding of the causes of any difference that does occur

 Background
Learning from the past to improve the migration and population statistics and setting the scope for the project.

 Components of the IMPS project
How work on international migration, demographic analysis and LA case studies contribute to this project.

 Communication with key stakeholders
Involvement of government departments and key stakeholders in the project.

 Updates
Including links to the report from the Inter-Departmental Task Force on Migration Statistics and details on the improved methods for population statistics revisions in 2007

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