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Local Public Services Agreement (LPSA) - Interim Results only
South Tyneside Council has recently agreed a Local Public Services Agreement with the Government. One of the objectives of this agreement is to increase young people's participation in local decision-making. To help achieve this, the Council has recently asked young people about their attitudes towards engaging and consulting young people in South Tyneside.
This consultation was carried out in two stages: -
- Stage1 - a survey of secondary school pupils in years 9, 10 and 11 in 5 schools in the borough.
- Stage 2 - a survey of young people aged 17 - 19 years of age
Findings from stage 1
The main finding from this survey was that young people are more likely to disagree than agree that the Council listens to Young People when making decisions.
(base was 608)
The results for the other key questions of this survey were as follows:
| Please tell us if you agree or disagree with these sentences: | |||
| agree | disagree | don't know | |
|---|---|---|---|
| telling the council what I think means that young people are involved in designing things for us to do | 53.1% | 21.1% | 24.5% |
| taking part in surveys gives young people the chance to tell the council what they think | 81.1% | 9.0% | 8.2% |
| the opinions of young people are as important as adults | 82.2% | 8.4% | 7.2% |
| the council should listen to young people when it plans services for young people | 86.0% | 3.8% | 8.6% |
| by listening to young people, the council is more likely to provide services that we want | 70.9% | 11.5% | 15.8% |
Findings from stage 2
Once again young people were more likely to disagree that the Council listens to their views.
(base was 430)
The results for the other key questions of this survey were as follows:
| agree | disagree | don't know | |
|---|---|---|---|
| telling the council what I think means that young people are involved in designing things for us to do | 57.7% | 21.2% | 20.0% |
| taking part in surveys like this one gives young people the chance to tell the council what they think | 88.4% | 7.0% | 3.3% |
| the opinions of young people are as important as adults | 87.7% | 8.1% | 2.8% |
| the council should listen to young people when it plans services for young people | 97.4% | 0.2% | 1.4% |
| by listening to young people, the council is more likely to provide services that we want | 77.7% | 8.1% | 13.0% |
When we have finished analysing the results we will make a copy of the report available on this website.