National Records of Scotland (NRS) is a Non-Ministerial Department of the Scottish Government. The purpose is to collect, preserve and produce information about Scotland's people and history and make it available to inform current and future generations. NRS were established on 1 April 2011, following the merger of the General Register Office for Scotland (GROS) and the National Archives of Scotland (NAS). For administrative purposes the NRS sit within the Scottish Government’s Constitution and External Affairs portfolio.
Office for National Statistics; National Records of Scotland; Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency; UK Data Service. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5257/census/aggregate-2021-1
This dataset provides Census 2022 estimates for the Country of Birth by English language skills in Scotland. ## Country of birth Country of birth is the country in which a person was born. _Users should be mindful of changes in EU members and accession states between 2011 and 2022. This will affect the number of countries which make up certain categories when comparing the results between censuses._ Details of classification can be found [here](https://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/metadata/country-of-birth/) _The quality assurance report can be found [here](https://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/2022-results/scotlands-census-2022-quality-assurance-reports/quality-assurance-report-unrounded-population-estimates-and-ethnic-group-national-identity-language-and-religion-topic-data/)_ ## English language skills A classification of a persons skills in the English Language. It breaks down into combinations of "Understand (spoken)", "Speak", "Read" and "Write". Details of classification can be found [here](https://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/metadata/english-language-skills-9-way-classification/) _The quality assurance report can be found [here](https://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/2022-results/scotlands-census-2022-quality-assurance-reports/quality-assurance-report-unrounded-population-estimates-and-ethnic-group-national-identity-language-and-religion-topic-data/)_
Scotland's Census 2022 - MV205 - Country of birth by English language skills