The Census...

[dutchman]

What's the betting the government website crashes on March 21st?

[rebbonk]

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.

[dutchman]

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.

[rebbonk]

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.

[dutchman]

"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

[rebbonk]

Not really many, is it?

It will be interesting to see how many are issued this time.

[dutchman]

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

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.

[rebbonk]

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/