Description: The Citizens' Panel is made up of 1,000 North East Derbyshire residents. They are sent 4 postal questionnaires each year which ask their views on a variety of topics. This method of consultation lets residents make their opinions known directly to the people who make decisions about how the Council and its services are run. The October 2009 survey includes questions on the Pest Control Service, swimming, getting involved, Council spending priorities and the blue box and bag recycling service.

Download Consultation/Documents:
NewsletterSept09Final.pdf - (126 K)
CPCPOCT2009FinalQnaire33645ActivatedVersiForm.pdf - (214 K)

Start Date: 09/10/2009
End Date: 30/10/2009

Responsible officer: Debbie Whitehead (Tel: 01246 217018)

Service area: Sustainable Communities

Department: Health and Well Being

Councillors involved: Cllr Mrs S. Taylor and Cllr G. Baxter

Relevant topics: Well-being, Health - general, Sport/Leisure, Environment, Democracy and participation, Spending/Budget, Environmental health/Consumer services

Project objectives: The aims of this survey are to gather the views of a representative sample of local residents on the Pest Control Service, swimming, getting involved, Council spending priorities and the blue box and bag recycling service.

Reason for consultation: The Council wishes to consult about the Pest Control Service, swimming, getting involved, Council spending priorities and the blue box and bag recycling service. The Council needs to balance the levels of services it provides with the money it has available it also wishes to provide services that are good value for money for its residents and service users. The questions included in this survey hope to establish residents views on the quality of the services in question.

Expected outcomes: The data collected will help to inform budget decisions for the forthcoming financial year and to indicate where improvements to services might be made.

Consultation methods to be used: Questionnaire survey, Citizens' panel,

Proposed consultees: Local residents, Service users,

Relevant Wards: Ridgeway and Marsh Lane, Clay Cross South, Clay Cross North, Pilsley and Morton, Ashover, Brampton and Walton, Holmewood and Heath, Sutton, Grassmoor, Eckington South, Renishaw, Tupton, Wingerworth, North Wingfield Central, Barlow and Holmesfield, Unstone, Eckington North, Killamarsh East, Killamarsh West, Dronfield North, Gosforth Valley, Dronfield Woodhouse, Dronfield South, Coal Aston, Shirland

How results will be used to influence decision making/service delivery: Results will be circulated to the relevant council services and presented to the Corporate Manage Team and the Cabinet.

How results will fed back to respondents: the results of each survey are fed back to Panel members through the Viewpoint newsletter which is sent with each questionnaire. there is also a regular areticle in the Council magazine which is called "the NEWS". This magazine is circulated to 45,000 homes and businesses in the area.

How information about subsequent decisions made and services provided/improved will be fed back to the consultee groups, the wider public and other stakehonders: Through the Citizens' Panel newsletter, the Council magazine "the NEWS" and via press releases to local media.

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