"Jeff Layman" wrote in message
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On 06/03/2021 13:54, Robin wrote:
On 06/03/2021 13:37, alan_m wrote:

Through the post today I received a request to fill out the census form
with the threat if I didn't I would get a fine of up to £1,000

It looks as if Professor Sir Ian Diamond thinks everyone has internet
access,

Go to www.census.gov.uk and select "start census"

If you want a paper form go to the same URL!


You omitted "or call 0800....". How many do you know with no internet
*and* no phone?

I would guess that 99.999% of internet connections are made through a
phone line, whether POTS, fibre, or mobile. So it is likely that someone
with no phone connection will have no internet connection. There might be
one or two who use a satellite link, but I doubt there will be a
significant number. In other circumstances, I suppose a person without
internet connection might have been able to use a library or even internet
cafe, but the pandemic has put paid to those.

It is true there are some people with access to neither the internet nor
a telephone. If they had the letter and do nothing they can expect a
knock on their door (or tent flap or whatever). The question of a fine
only arises if people still don't fill it in.

Indeed. I have telephoned and requested a form to fill out. It was all
automatic, using the ref number on the "threatening" letter.

Out of interest, has anyone yet seen the census form or what questions
will be asked?

yup, filled mine in earlier this week

compared to previous years it's a noddy questionnaire

The only contentious question was "please give a description of your job (or
previous one if currently not working)" (120 words) which I thought was well
OTT, and not particularly easy to usefully collate as a set of answers