Following discussions with Northern Ireland and Scotland, the health categories for outputs on general health will be reported to reflect the response categories as they appeared in the 2011 Census questionnaire. These categories are "Very good", "Good", "Fair", "Bad" and "Very Bad".

The Beyond 2011 User Requirements consultation closed on 20th January. More than 300 responses to the consultation were received and more than 200 people attended the workshops.

Work on analysing the consultation responses and the feedback from the workshops is now being carried out. These will feed into a consultation report which will be published in the spring, along with plans of how the consultation findings will be taken forward.

More immediately, there are plans to release a quarterly Beyond 2011 newsletter, starting in April this year. The newsletter will provide a regular update on progress and links to research and discussion papers as they are published. The first edition will provide information on plans and the start of the discussion on the criteria that will be used to evaluate the options. Your views on this will be welcomed by ONS, as it is important that there is a clear understanding of how the options will be assessed and of the rules that will inform the final recommendations.

The ONS Beyond 2011 web pages are being reviewed over the coming weeks and users are advised to check back there for updates:
http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/about-ons/what-we-do/programmes---projects/beyond-2011/index.html

For further information or for any queries, the Beyond 2011 email address is: beyond2011@ons.gov.uk  

A workshop on analytical products will be presented to users detailing the ONS current proposals and plans for analytical products including:

• initial thoughts on analytical reports and articles that draw on census, survey and administrative statistics, building on the 'Focus On' series produced after the 2001 Census.
• providing an analytical centre for the census to promote wider analytical use of census data, promote best practice and provide a one-stop website for access to analyses drawing on 2011 Census, covering both government and academic research.

Users will have the opportunity to:

• comment on the current proposals
• stimulate discussions on what analysis users would like to see produced (and indeed the analysis they have planned)
• discuss the relative priorities of these to help shape ONS census analysis work programme

This workshop will be the same as that held in London in October 2011 and will be held 21 March 2012, 10am - 3pm, at Britannia Hotel, Portland Street, Manchester, M1 3LA If you wish to attend, please contact katy.taylor@ons.gov.uk. There are limited places available which will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.