Because we are paranoid in this country about civil libertires, privacy and rights we have one of the most clunky government statistics and information systems in the developed world.
We seem to have separate largely non-interfaced databases covering:
- nationality, immigration and residency
- driving licences
- health care
- tax and national insurance records
- housing and addresses
- employment
- probaby some more I haven't though of
No surprise that we need a census to understand what is going on where in this country.
No surprise either that when it came to covid test and trace our efforts were a shambles compared to other countries in the far east where civil liberties means saving lives not hiding data.
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