Scrutiny Review of Community Participation Budget and Ward Transport Budget - Local Resident Survey

Overview

Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council’s Community Safety Select Committee is conducting a Scrutiny Review of Community Participation Budget (CPB) and Ward Transport Budget (WTB).  This review is aiming to:

• understand the scope of interventions that are eligible through these two budget schemes, the processes for determining the priorities for use of the funds, and the management of the projects that are funded through CPB and WTB.
• establish the effectiveness of these two budgets and whether projects funded through the CPB and WTB have had genuine and sustained impact.
• ascertain the communication of the CPB and WTB to Ward Councillors and wider public awareness of these two funding streams.
• consider the value of CPB and WTB in the context of significant ongoing budget pressures for the Council as a whole.

An important part of this work is to seek an understanding of these two budget schemes from a local resident perspective.  The Committee would therefore welcome your response to the following survey questions by 

Please be assured that this survey is anonymous.  Any information that is given will be used to improve services by informing the work of the Select Committee.  It will be collated and anonymised, and may be published as part of the final report of a Committee’s work.  This will be passed to relevant departments and will be made publicly available, including through publication on the Council’s website.

Alternatively, if you would prefer to submit your response via email or the post, a copy of the survey questions can be requested by contacting Gary Woods (Senior Scrutiny Officer) on 01642 526187 / gary.woods@stockton.gov.uk.  Thank you for your time.