Dear All,
Is this of interest.
Apparents 78% of the transcript for the 1901 census was
undertaken by people from the Indian Sub-Continent.
Has the World gone mad.
David
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When I pointed out to my MP that some of the 1901 census transcription
had been done by people on the Indian sub-continent, who did not have
English as a mother tongue and who had no experience of English place
names, occupations and personal names, he was frankly incredulous. I
suggested he put a parliamentary question on this. Here it is with the
reply...
DL: "To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department,
how much of the work to transcribe the 1901 census returns on to
computer was carried on outside the United Kingdom; and if she will make
a statement."
Ms. Rosie Winterton (PS, Lord Chancellor's Dept):" QinetiQ Ltd appointed
Enterprise and Supply Services (ESS) to undertake the transcription of
the data from the 1901 Census returns. A proportion of this work was
sub-contracted by ESS after full competitive tendering to a commercial
data input company based in India and Sri Lanka (Hays Document
Management). The proportion of transcription work undertaken outside the
United Kingdom was 78%"
Yes folks that really is seventy eight percent!
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Barney Tyrwhitt-Drake
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David Alan Gatley (Dr),
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Staffordshire University,
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