Data collection and publication - religion/belief: guidance

Guidance for public bodies on the collection of data on religion/belief.


Footnotes

1. Equality Act 2010 (legislation.gov.uk)

2. Section 149 of the Equality Act 2010 (legislation.gov.uk)

3. The duty only applies to the protected characteristic of marriage and civil partnership in relation to eliminating unlawful discrimination etc. relating to work under Part 5 of the 2010 Act.

4. The Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties) (Scotland) Regulations 2012 (legislation.gov.uk), as amended (link to original version, with subsequent amendments not yet incorporated).

5. For more information about the different concepts of religion that can be measured, see ONS (2009) Final Recommended Questions for the 2011 Census in England and Wales: Religion

6. Scotland's Census 2022 - scotlands-census-2022-question-set-version-v4-0-09-09-2021.pdf (scotlandscensus.gov.uk)

7. Scotland's Census 2011 - scotlands-census-2022-question-set-version-v4-0-09-09-2021.pdf (scotlandscensus.gov.uk)

8. Scotland's Census 2001 - ENGform (nrscotland.gov.uk)

9. Census 2011 Equality results - Census 2011 equality results: analysis, part two - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

10. Scottish Surveys Core Questions 2019 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

11. Scotland's Census 2021 Religion Topic Report (NB the Census was intended for 2021 but was delayed until 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic) - religion_topic_report.pdf (scotlandscensus.gov.uk)

Contact

Email: social-justice-analysis@gov.scot

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