R4Report: The UK Census 28 Apr 2011




The Report show

Summary: In the 21st century age of digital technology is it still really necessary to have a paper census costing the British tax payer 482 million pounds and taking 9 years to plan? In opposition, the Conservative Party was highly critical of the census. So, as the dominant partner in a coalition government could they be about to abolish it? Reporter James Silver investigates the options for a replacement survey of the nation and reveals how some proposed changes could result in more goverment intrusion.