Importance of core businesses

• The top two scores of ‘very important/ essential’ or ‘important’ were selected by a majority of respondents for nine out of the ten core businesses, the only business that does not achieve a majority is ‘providing planning services’ (42%)

This chart shows that:
60% of respondents feel ‘ensuring older people and vulnerable adults are looked after and supported to live independently’ is very important/ essential, 30% feel it is important, 7% feel it is moderately important, 2% feel it is slightly important, less than 1% feel it is not at all important, and 1% have no opinion
54% of respondents feel ‘collecting bins and keeping the city clean’ is very important/ essential, 36% feel it is important, 8% feel it is moderately important, 1% feel it is slightly important, less than 1% feel it is not at all important, and 1% have no opinion
55% of respondents feel ‘keeping children safe and families together’ is very important/ essential, 30% feel it is important, 10% feel it is moderately important, 3% feel it is slightly important, 1% feel it is not at all important, and 1% have no opinion
50% of respondents feel ‘supporting education, early years and children with special needs’ is very important/ essential, 33% feel it is important, 11% feel it is moderately important, 3% feel it is slightly important, 1% feel it is not at all important, and 1% have no opinion
33% of respondents feel ‘offering housing services’ is very important/ essential, 39% feel it is important, 19% feel it is moderately important, 6% feel it is slightly important, 1% feel it is not at all important, and 1% have no opinion
33% of respondents feel ‘maintaining our roads, parks and open spaces’ is very important/ essential, 47% feel it is important, 15% feel it is moderately important, 3% feel it is slightly important, less than 1% feel it is not at all important, and 1% have no opinion
31% of respondents feel ‘providing benefits and collecting council tax and business rates’ is very important/ essential, 42% feel it is important, 18% feel it is moderately important, 6% feel it is slightly important, 3% feel it is not at all important, and 1% have no opinion
22% of respondents feel ‘encouraging economic development’ is very important/ essential, 41% feel it is important, 26% feel it is moderately important, 8% feel it is slightly important, 1% feel it is not at all important, and 1% have no opinion
18% of respondents feel ‘supporting culture, museums and libraries’ is very important/ essential, 34% feel it is important, 28% feel it is moderately important, 13% feel it is slightly important 5% feel it is not at all important, and 1% have no opinion
10% of respondents feel ‘providing planning services’ is very important/ essential, 32% feel it is important, 37% feel it is moderately important, 14% feel it is slightly important, 5% feel it is not at all important, and 2% have no opinion