2011 Census

[W124Bob]

March 2011 will see 25million census forms sent out,so will you fill it in,if so how truthful will you be?

[madbadger]

I've still yet to see the benefits of declaring to be a Jedi on the last one.





Apart from the free ewok, obviously.

[FourWheelDrift]

Religion = Jedi.

[BoRED S2upid]

What kind of information do they need?

[Puggit]

Druidry is now an offical religion

[FourWheelDrift]

BoRED S2upid said:

What kind of information do they need?

Name
Address
Passport number
bank account details
PIN number






that might be a scam though.

[Mojooo]

By not filling it in you could end up havig your local council underfunded as they will get less grants from the Govt.

[supersingle]

Mojooo said:

By not filling it in you could end up havig your local council underfunded as they will get less grants from the Govt.

Good, less for them to waste on pointless nonsense.

[Mojooo]

supersingle said:

Mojooo said:

By not filling it in you could end up havig your local council underfunded as they will get less grants from the Govt.

Good, less for them to waste on pointless nonsense.

It will still get wasted, just in naother city/county

[freakybacon]

Mojooo said:

By not filling it in you could end up havig your local council underfunded as they will get less grants from the Govt.

Right then- will be claiming to be a bisexual 1 legged buddist with learning difficulties! Should get our lot more cash!

[Mojooo]

To be fair yo my council, we have a lot of eastern european immigrants here who are probably not permanenet residents, i doubt most of them fill in the census.

i wonder how the council is meant to account for the thousands of extra people it cannot track down.

[tank slapper]

Are they still planning the massively intrusive questions on people's private lives? Things which are no business of the government whatever way they try to spin it.

[MiniMan64]

FourWheelDrift said:

Religion = Jedi.

Religion = PH.

Worth a shot no?

[supersingle]

Mojooo said:

supersingle said:

Mojooo said:

By not filling it in you could end up havig your local council underfunded as they will get less grants from the Govt.

Good, less for them to waste on pointless nonsense.

It will still get wasted, just in naother city/county

They get the speed humps and the real nappy outreach workers whilst I get left alone. What's not to like?

Edited by supersingle on Monday 15th November 20:09

[Mikeyboy]

tank slapper said:

Are they still planning the massively intrusive questions on people's private lives? Things which are no business of the government whatever way they try to spin it.

odd point of view. Why do you think that knowing how many citizens there are and how many households they are are of no interest to a government?
The stuff they ask isn't that intrusive, its just a matter of who lives where in a given day once in every ten days. They don't want to know your bank account details or who you'd even vote for.

[tank slapper]

Mikeyboy said:

odd point of view. Why do you think that knowing how many citizens there are and how many households they are are of no interest to a government?
The stuff they ask isn't that intrusive, its just a matter of who lives where in a given day once in every ten days. They don't want to know your bank account details or who you'd even vote for.

There were plans for them to ask for any 'overnight visitors' and their names and addresses. There were also plans to ask for people's sexuality. I can't see any good reason why the government needs to know that information.

[Mojooo]

tank slapper said:

Mikeyboy said:

odd point of view. Why do you think that knowing how many citizens there are and how many households they are are of no interest to a government?
The stuff they ask isn't that intrusive, its just a matter of who lives where in a given day once in every ten days. They don't want to know your bank account details or who you'd even vote for.

There were plans for them to ask for any 'overnight visitors' and their names and addresses. There were also plans to ask for people's sexuality. I can't see any good reason why the government needs to know that information.

The information can be used in all sorts of ways and doesn't necessarily have to be by the govt.

For example, next time a gay rights campaign wants a law changed or something (to allow marriages) they can point to census data that says there are X gays in the UK or there has been a Y increase in gays since last census.

The Govt need quality data to make decisions, if they dont have good data to start with then they are bound to make bigger cockups than necessary.

[Chilli]

Quinny said:

I won't be filling it in

Nope, me neither.

[silverthorn2151]

Well I'm doing the family tree, and jolly useful they are too!

I have an epic fail when being asked questions on these sort of things and always tell the truth.

[Halb]

I worked at the last census,it was great fun, we had some very witty responses, and also some lacking wit, such as the ones smeared in faeces:S
I shall be filling mine out, it will be the second census in the UK where the gov can actually plan on 100% figures for the past 100 years

The Jedi and TOG thing was fun as well

edited because I wasn't very clear aboot what I meant, even though it was clear in my head

Edited by Halb on Tuesday 16th November 12:40