IMO the last UK census was intusive and inequitable. The state does not need to know most of what it asks. It refuses to ask the four UK countries the same questions on ethnicity and religion.
So I enquired on Yahoo Questions.
Am I legally obliged to fill in all UK census questions?
The last census was too intrusive so I do not want to answer more than I have to in the next one.I also object to different questions on ethnicity and religion in different UK countries. I want to state I am English.
Best Answer
You can be fined for refusing to answer any census question EXCEPT those related to religion.
QUOTE:
Penalties
(1) If any person—
(a) refuses or neglects to comply with or acts in contravention of any of the provisions of this Act or any Order in Council or regulations made under this Act; or
(b) being a person required under this Act to make a statutory declaration with respect to the performance of his duties, makes a false declaration; or
(c) being a person required by an Order in Council or regulations made under this Act to make, sign, or deliver any document, makes, signs, or delivers, or causes to be made, signed, or delivered a false document; or
(d) being a person required in pursuance of any such Order in Council or regulations to answer any question, refuses to answer or gives a false answer to that question; he shall for each offence be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding [level 3 on the standard scale].
I shall be encouraging civil disobedience.
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