The new Census, which everyone across the UK will need to fill in on, before or after March 27th, is the first that allows users to fill it in online.
In an interview with Computerworld.co.uk, Ian Cope, Census operations director, said that the challenge to the IT professionals behind the database was ensuring it had the capability to manage and process the data of every UK citizen.
'If the website proves to be popular, it will let people who have already started [filling in surveys] to finish them, and new people would be told to come back later when there is sufficient capacity. We are not expecting to need to do that – we designed it, but we don't know that it is going to be necessary,' he told the source.
Mr Cope explained that the database could handle significantly more than the 25 per cent of the 26 million households in the UK expected to use the online form.
The Office for National Statistics revealed that field staff will be deployed to help people who are unable or unwilling to fill the Census out themselves.
In an interview with Computerworld.co.uk, Ian Cope, Census operations director, said that the challenge to the IT professionals behind the database was ensuring it had the capability to manage and process the data of every UK citizen.
'If the website proves to be popular, it will let people who have already started [filling in surveys] to finish them, and new people would be told to come back later when there is sufficient capacity. We are not expecting to need to do that – we designed it, but we don't know that it is going to be necessary,' he told the source.
Mr Cope explained that the database could handle significantly more than the 25 per cent of the 26 million households in the UK expected to use the online form.
The Office for National Statistics revealed that field staff will be deployed to help people who are unable or unwilling to fill the Census out themselves.
