Economy Public sector net borrowing (excluding public sector banks) decreased by £2.5 billion to £32.5 billion in the current financial year-to-date (April 2017 to September 2017), compared with the same period in 2016; this is the lowest year-to-date net borrowing since 2007. Census In order to make recommendations to Government we carried out a topic consultation in 2015 and published our response in May 2016. The topic response also set out areas for further research. We have subsequently published research on several of these and I now want to update users on some of the issues and set out how we will finalise the recommendations. For the avoidance of doubt, we have never suggested that people would not be able to report themselves as male or female. We have and will continue to collect this vital information. We have now concluded our research on the armed forces community topic for the 2021 Census. Our understanding of the user need for information on those who have served, and now left, the UK armed forces (service leavers) has grown and we've been researching how best to meet this need. We have concluded that whilst there is value in the administrative datasets on service leavers, it only partially meets the user need. We've developed and tested a census question on service leavers and concluded that such a question will work; it is acceptable and understood by respondents; and can be accommodated within the questionnaire. We are therefore now intending to recommend inclusion of this topic in the 2021 Census. See the latest update on topic development. | 
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