Survey Ref: 204
Title: Tunbridge Wells Borough Council, Council Tax Budget Setting
Date: 08/01/2004 Target Audience: Residents
Service: Finance Sample size: 0
Methodology: Various Response rate: 672
Carried out: Externally (Synovate) % Response: n/a
Survey period: January 2004
Outcome: Various methodologies were adopted in order to engage with as many residents as possible. In November 2003, a series of Focus Groups were held across the Borough. (Please see record 203). The next phase of consultation adopted, free newspaper adverts, leaflet, Scrutiny Committee, online survey, telephone hotline and a representative telephone survey. The aim was to explore your views not just for the short term, but to get an idea about how you feel we should be targeting our spending in the future. As a result of this consultation, Tunbridge Wells Borough Council's Council Tax is lower than average. It is the lowest in Kent. An article also appears in the Borough News, March 2004.
Questionnaire: Click here to view questionnaire and headline results
Report: Click here to view report
Contact: Ellie Broughton (01892 526121 ext. 3155)