What happens if you don't send off your census

biscit

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Widelats

Sublime wrote: »

Ha, just saw your post. Are you worried now, or not bothered?

not bothered

Widelats

olias wrote: »

Will you be the first to complain when there isn't enough money allocated to your area for, roads, transport, education, health, public services etc etc, because the government didn't know how many people live in your area or the relevant information about them to correctly allocate budgets and resources because their census forms were chucked in the bin?...........thought so!

Olias

Wow, your area must be really great, which area you in? I'd like to move where roads, transport, education, health, public services are are fully operational and funded.

GemJar_2

I've started to fill mine out then decided to do it online as I don't trust the post and left the bleedin thing in my locker at work

Widelats

biscit wrote: »

Personally I think it was slightly on the harsh side of fair comment, but nowhere near rude and personal. I think your lack of contrition when admitting to doing a silly thing was a bit self-righteously rude however. But my point is not to criticise you, it is to stand up for the nice person whose behaviour has been wrongly criticised.

Implying someone is stupid is rude, no matter which way you angle it or look at it, its also personal, i saw a woman cry once because her boss had branded her stupid in front of the staff in the shop.

Widelats

GemJar wrote: »

I've started to fill mine out then decided to do it online as I don't trust the post and left the bleedin thing in my locker at work

So your not at all worried about Lockheed getting your details and more MP's "losing" your files and data on more than 1 occasion?

olias

Widelats wrote: »

Wow, your area must be really great, which area you in? I'd like to move where roads, transport, education, health, public services are are fully operational and funded.

It might interest you to know that one of the reason a lot of areas have been underfunded, is because last census missed over 1000000 people though actions like yours and therefore the government underallocated resources to areas. Then again, maybe not...

Olias

m1974m

Wee_Pilsbury wrote: »

If you don't fill it in then you will probably get a visit from the "enforcer" (word used very loosely here ) and potentially a £1000 fine if prosecuted. I'm sure I read somewhere that 38% of non respondents to the last survey were prosecuted and in terms of actual numbers it seemed quite high - can't remember how many though.

In the last census in 2001 it was actually 38 people who were prosecuted (not 38%).

qetu1357

Widelats wrote: »

So your not at all worried about Lockheed getting your details and more MP's "losing" your files and data on more than 1 occasion?

I'm curious.

What MP lost my file and when?

Wee_Pilsbury

m1974m wrote: »

In the last census in 2001 it was actually 38 people who were prosecuted (not 38%).

I stand corrected - thank you Sir!

I did wonder - it seemed so high that it would have been major news at the time and I couldn't remember hearing about it