Meeting at the Royal Statistical Society, London, 1500 hrs to 1700 hrs Thursday October 31st. The Official Statistics and Social Statistics Sections have organised this meeting to deal with the surprise and concern at the results of the 2001 Census released at the end of September. The meeting will be introduced by John Pullinger of the ONS will identify the main issues, describe how they have been tackled, and give illustrations based on the estimates made for particular local authority areas. He will be joined by ONS colleague Michael Rendall and Ian Diamond, Southampton University. A number of expert discussants will start the question and answer session. Fellows and visitors are welcome - no need to pre-register. Queries to: OSS Secretary - [log in to unmask] - or Chairman - [log in to unmask] A map showing the RSS is at .... http://www.rss.org.uk/about/direction.html ****************************************