1921 census

[carol8353]

Guy

Thanks for your efforts to gett he 1921 census released early- I signed up last night,but checking progress tonight finds the whole flippin' site has been removed!!!

Carol

[coombs]

Hope you have signed then, Coombs 

Yes I have.

[Parmesan]

I went to sign and got the Spending Challenge headline but beneath 'page not found' 

[Guy Etchells]

Yes it seems they have been under attack. But the other site is still up and running

http://tinyurl.com/2vju6b9

There is a message on the Spending Challenge site

"Thank you for the ideas so far…

As you may have noticed, the site has been the subject to a small number of malicious attacks so we have unfortunately had to pause on the interactive features for now, but we’re still keen to hear any further ideas you have, which we may publish at a later date.

We are really grateful to have already received thousands of good ideas and we’re committed to giving as many of you as possible the chance to get involved and feed into the tough decisions that must be made in the Spending Review."

Cheers
Guy

[Parmesan]

Thanks Guy.

There are some sad folk on the planet!

Is that a typo Guy?  "A group of MPs suggested the 1911 census could develop revenue of 40 million pounds per annum"  should it be 1921?

[Parmesan]

darn it, now I can't register!   

[davidft]

Thanks Guy.

There are some sad folk on the planet!

Is that a typo Guy?  "A group of MPs suggested the 1911 census could develop revenue of 40 million pounds per annum"  should it be 1921?

I suspect the £40 million per year is the product of someones whisky glass - but in the event its not I'd love to see the costings!

[Guy Etchells]

Thanks Guy.

There are some sad folk on the planet!

Is that a typo Guy?  "A group of MPs suggested the 1911 census could develop revenue of 40 million pounds per annum"  should it be 1921?

No it was a suggestion before the 1911 went online.
I have since received figures for paid downloads from the 1901 and the 1911 census.
I don't have anything to extrapolate the 1911 figure but the 1901 suggests
If the figure of 1,055,424 returned a sum of 4.5 million in 2003
Then the figure of 17,012,560 in 2009 equates to over £72 million for the one year..

The 40 million suggested by the group of MPs seems to be an underestimate.

Cheers
Guy
PS paid downloads for the 1901 census.
1901 Census

2002 – 227,212 (November and December only) 
2003 – 1,066,424
2004 - 1,258,602
2005 – 3,874,299
2006 - 11,680,528
2007 – 11,957,805
2008 – 16,661,328
2009 - 17,012,560

[Parmesan]

oh okay, its my feeble brain - lol!

Thanks for all the information.  As soon as I can register I'll support the move.

I think my dad (still alive) would just about make it onto the 1921 census, born May that year.