You asked
Please provide a copy of the guidance that accompanied the 2001 Census along with details of individuals and organisations who were consulted prior to the development of this guidance, including all correspondence and minutes of meetings.
We said
Thank you for your request for a copy of the guidance that accompanied the 2001 Census (including details of individuals and organisations who were consulted prior to the development of this guidance, including all correspondence and minutes of meetings).
We have a website section for the 2001 Census, "About Census 2001":
https://www.ons.gov.uk/census/2001censusandearlier
This includes a summary of the 2001 Census process with links to further information, and a section on the design and content (the statistical and geographical methodology used to carry out the census and to assure the accuracy of the final figures used in outputs) of the 2001 Census.
Information about consultation with users of census data during the design and development of the 2001 methodology and outputs is also available:
https://www.ons.gov.uk/census/2001censusandearlier/designandconduct/consultingwithusers
Copies of the questionnaires used in 2001 are available at:
https://www.ons.gov.uk/census/2001censusandearlier/aboutcensus2001/census2001forms. These include guidance on how to complete the questionnaires.