The classification of ethnicity in the United Kingdom has attracted controversy in the past. This was particularly the situation at the time of the 2001 Census, where the existence and nature of such a classification, which appeared on the Census form, became more widely known than general. Different classifications, both formal and informal, are used in Britain.
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