General Chat

I had mine in the post yesterday, Opened it filled in in and now in the envelope ready to post on 27th March. All done and dusted

does question 18 include F words????

I didnt find the census form difficult, but I dont think they will be much use to future geneaologists. No questions about whether you have hereditary illnesses for instance, which I seem to remember have been in past censuses. Thats how we found the psoriatic arthritis is in the family.

lol island

well im making a stand and not answering Q17 lololol, x

ME to stray

Still not had ours. Are they sent out by the Councils or some other govt department? Gloucester area is always behind.

Just had mine delivered by the postman, not as thick as i thought ( the form not the postie lol).

Just come back from the half day course for Census Collectors, so raring to go.

If you get Q17 wrong on the English form then a Collector will have to call and ask that you try again.

Forms are sent out and collected back by the Office for National Statistics. The Census is nothing to do with either the government or the local council.

Next question?

Q19 hw wel do u tlk engsh??

OMG it gets worse!!

my census form arrived yesterday. I took it to bed with me for a bit of light reading! lol

All seems fairly straight forward to do. Lots of things to skip. It won't be as easy to scan for future geneologists! the 1911 was nice and compact. Wish I was around in 100 years to see what they do with this one!

Shame it is going to be the last one. where would our family trees be now without the previous ones!

Dee

InspectorGreenPen...... A Question ......

Who pays for the Office for National Statistics ..? (The Government or perhaps its Mc Donalds ! )

Or THE TAX PAYER.....


Marilyn.

Wonder what happens on the Manx ones? Although I knew my gparents spoke Manx it was there on the census.

Going to put my religeon down as "Wisardry" **M**.

lol

Teresa

You're quite right in that the ONS is funded by public money. However, whilst it reports to Parliament, it is not under any form of ministerial control, and therefore operates independently.

A lot of people are under the misapprehension that the government, local councils, tax man, benefits office etc have access to the census returns, which is not the case at all. What they will have access to is anonymous statistical data, after it has all been crunched, probably some time late 2012. The returns themselves are even exempt from the FOI.

For example, the government may wish to know how many people there are over 60, in order that they can plan how to fund pensions. Companies might want to know where there are people with particular qualifications with a view to expanding in particular areas. Education authorities will be interested to know the expected profile of children of school age over the next decade.

The list is endless

This is why it is important for you and your family that you complete your return accurately. If you don't you will be the ones who loose out in the long run.

Rather than fill the form in, why not complete it over the internet?

From what I,ve read,Its going to be Processed in America,(At a Very large price ) So whats to stop them keeping a copy? So much for Human Rights and the right to privacy.**M**.

Joy.

You wouldn't want to buy your own pen now .....would you ? LOL

i thnk most of us are just jesting, of course were going to fill them in, but no harm in having a little fun before hand :))

mines done n dusted altho im not thinkin of drawing a picture on Q17 :)

lol Stray

The only problem I have with the religion one is whether to put agnostic or irrelevant.