Sex and gender identity data in the Census
February 2021: Was the sex question in the 2011 census ‘self-identified’?
February 2021: ONS guidance for the sex question in the 2021 census in England and Wales
January 2021: Discontinuity in the UK censuses on the definition of sex
November 2020: International evidence and the risks of reframing the sex question in the census
November 2020: Policy divergence in the UK census
October 2020: Letter sent to Sir Bernard Silverman, Chair of the Methodological Assurance Review Panel for the 2021 Census
October 2020: WPUK presentation slides WPUK webinar slides ‘Sex and the census’
September 2020: Blog Back under the radar? A review of plans for the census
June 2020: Blog Domino effects: the implications of the framing the sex question in the 2021 census
June 2020: Blog A negligible effect? The untested assumptions behind plans for the 2021 census
February 2020: Blog A tale of two letters: whose views count?
February 2020: Blog and briefing note MBM view on proposals for the sex question in the UK 2021 census
January 2020: Blog Losing consensus on the census
December 2019: Blog Draft guidance under consideration for 2021 census sex question: summary of proposals
November 2019: Blog Last chance saloon: preserving the integrity of the sex question in the 2021 census
October 2019: MBM response to stakeholder survey Scotland’s Census 2021 Impact Assessments Stakeholder Survey: MBM response
October 2019: Blog Losing count: consultation on the sex question in the 2021 census
September 2019: Press article Lucy Hunter Blackburn: Sex question should stick to birth certificate Scotland on Sunday, 15 September 2019
September 2019: Press article Kath Murray: It’s vital that sex data is accurate Daily Mail, 14 September 2019
August 2019: MBM Statement MBM statement on the 2021 census
August 2019: Blog Proposals to test the census sex question guidance miss the point
June 2019: Blog Scotland’s 2021 Census: consultation and question development
April 2019: Blog Q&A on the Census (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill
March 2019: Blog File under random: non-binary sex data and imputation in the 2021 census
February 2019: MBM Briefing note Stage One debate on the Census (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill: MBM briefing
February 2019: Blog Finding the middle ground: sex and gender identity in the 2021 census
February 2019: MBM response to Stage 1 Report Stage 1 report on Census (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill: MBM response
January 2019: Blog Where next for the Census Amendment (Scotland) Bill?
December 2018: Blog Sex and the Census: A review of the sex question since 2001
Parliamentary evidence on the Census (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill
December 2018: Evidence Supplementary written evidence to the Culture, Tourism, Europe and External Affairs Committee. 14 December 2018
December 2018: Evidence Stage 1 oral evidence to the Culture, Tourism, Europe and External Affairs Committee, Lucy Hunter Blackburn. 13 December 2018
December 2018: Evidence Written evidence to the Culture, Tourism, Europe and External Affairs Committee, 3 December 2018
Criminal Justice data
May 2019: MBM Statment on Criminal Justice data MBM statement on recording in the Scottish Criminal Justice System
March 2019: MBM Call for an independent review Call for an independent review into how public authorities record sex and gender identity
Health data
January 2020: Blog Recording sex on medical records: a case study of NHS Scotland
MBM correspondence on the 2021 census and other data
January 2020: MurrayBlackburnMackenzie letter to the Working Group on Sex and Gender data Chair 20 January 2020
October 2019: Scotland’s Census 2021 Impact Assessments Stakeholder Survey: MBM response
October 2019: Letter to the Culture, Tourism, Europe and External Affairs Committee: EU legislation on the census
September 2019: Letter to the Culture, Tourism, Europe and External Affairs Committee: MBM position on data collection 11 September 2019
September 2019: Letter to the Culture, Tourism, Europe and External Affairs Committee: Key issues on the 2021 census sex question 11 September 2019
March 2019: Recording sex in the criminal justice system: MBM letter to the National Advisory Council on Women & Girls March 2019
