IPad wont back up to iCloud

Hi my husbands iPad 2 running ios 7.0.6 will not back up to iCloud.
The back up is going to be 1.6 GB. He has 2.3 GB available on iCloud.
When I start the back up it says it will take 30 hours !
There is no Camera Roll, Mail, Photos to back up, just his calender and a few games.
When I back my iPad up which has masses of data on it takes a few minutes.
Why would this take so long?
Thank you for any help.

Thanks for your email and help.Some clarifications:
Yes, I have paid for itunes match. I have only a few songs on my ipad. The majority of them are on my PC which is where I manage my itunes accoiunt from. My ipad streams songs on demand from itunes match.
Yes, I have also paid for extra space in icloud backup storage - I have bought the additional 10 GB
My ipad is a 64 GB ipad 3 device, UK model. NB I have upgraded it to IOS6. Therefore settings/general/usage/icloud-manage storage does not exist as a valid string. However under settings/icloud/storage & backup/ total storage it shows 15 GB and under available it shows 9.9GB
Under settings / general / capacity it shopwes 57.2 gb and under available it shows 19.1 GB
I do have some large photos and videos on the device. Is this likely to be the issue?
Thaks to all for your help.
Richard

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