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Postby dutchman » Thu Mar 18, 2021 9:41 pm

What's the betting the government website crashes on March 21st? :roll:
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Postby rebbonk » Fri Mar 19, 2021 3:13 pm

I did mine last week. - And I have confirmation. I've not actually seen much about the census though, it certainly seems to have not been publicised as in the past.
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Postby dutchman » Fri Mar 19, 2021 4:46 pm

I started to fill mine in then realised I wasn't supposed to before March 21st.

I can see a lot of fines being handed out to people who don't have an internet connection and haven't applied for a paper form.
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Postby rebbonk » Fri Mar 19, 2021 8:48 pm

Do we have any idea of how many fines are actually handed out? I seem to remember in the past that officials have bent over backwards to help those that hadn't returned their forms.
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Postby dutchman » Fri Mar 19, 2021 9:14 pm

"In England and Wales, four people received the maximum £1,000 fine for non-compliance at the last census in 2011, while a further 270 people were fined an average of £218."


https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/m ... k-20197675
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Postby rebbonk » Fri Mar 19, 2021 10:36 pm

Not really many, is it?

It will be interesting to see how many are issued this time.
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Re: The Census...

Postby dutchman » Mon Mar 22, 2021 2:37 am

The notification letter the government sent me 'went for a walk' somewhere, along with the access code I needed. :clown:

I was able to obtain a new access code via a text message which was lucky because there was no email option and mobile coverage around here is very patchy. (EE phones don't work at all).

Not only do the government assume everyone has an internet connection they also assume everyone has a mobile phone account as well.
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Postby rebbonk » Wed Apr 14, 2021 1:05 am

Census IT fiasco as people who have already completed survey are repeatedly urged to do so

Members of the public voice concerns after being issued with regular reminders both by post and in person


Source: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/04/13/census-fiasco-people-have-already-completed-survey-repeatedly/
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