Excellent bit of pragmatism and as a user of this service I’m happy with the trade off.
People wondering why it’s not a simple switch and “there must be something else going on here” have clearly never worked with layers of legacy systems where the data actually matters. Sure it’s fixable and it’s a shame it hasn’t been but don’t assume there aren’t very good reasons why it’s not a quick fix.
The gov.uk team have moved mountains over the past decade, members of it have earned the right to be believed when they say “it’s not simple”.
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