Resident Survey: Engagement in Local Democracy

1. Resident Survey: Engagement in Local Democracy

The aim of this survey is to capture the awareness of Brent residents on how they engage in the democratic process at Brent Council. The survey is open to anyone who lives, works, studies or has an interest in the Borough. It consists of 15 questions and it take approximately five minutes to complete. The information you give us will remain strictly confidential and will be used for monitoring purposes only, in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998.

1. Do you live, work or study in the borough?
(Please write down the first part of your postcode next to the relevant option as this will help us understand your connection to Brent)

Live
Work
Study

Other

2. Do you consider yourself interested in issues affecting your local area? *

Yes
No
Prefer not to say

Comments:

3. Other than voting, how do you choose to engage in local democracy?
(Select all that apply) *

Organise petitions to the Council
Sign petitions to the Council
Speak up on behalf of a group at Council meetings
Submit questions to Council meetings
Speak at a committee or Brent Connects meeting
Talk to your councillors
Attend public meetings
I do not currently engage
Other (please specify):

4. On a scale from 1 to 5, with 1 being not aware at all and 5 being very aware, how aware are you of the following: *

	1	2	3	4	5
The role of your councillor	The role of your councillor 1	The role of your councillor 2	The role of your councillor 3	The role of your councillor 4	The role of your councillor 5
The functions of committees on the Council	The functions of committees on the Council 1	The functions of committees on the Council 2	The functions of committees on the Council 3	The functions of committees on the Council 4	The functions of committees on the Council 5
The opportunity to attend Council meetings	The opportunity to attend Council meetings 1	The opportunity to attend Council meetings 2	The opportunity to attend Council meetings 3	The opportunity to attend Council meetings 4	The opportunity to attend Council meetings 5
The option to receive emails with links to Council meeting documents	The option to receive emails with links to Council meeting documents 1	The option to receive emails with links to Council meeting documents 2	The option to receive emails with links to Council meeting documents 3	The option to receive emails with links to Council meeting documents 4	The option to receive emails with links to Council meeting documents 5

5. When was the last time you attended a committee meeting? *

6. What was the last meeting that you attended?

7. Did you know that there is a set amount of time allocated at the beginning of each Full Council meeting for residents to ask questions related to the work of the Council or on issues which affect the Borough? *

Yes
No

8. Residents may request to speak at almost all our committee meetings. Have you ever done this? *

Yes
No (please let us know if there is a specific reason using the Comment field below)
Prefer not to say

Comments:

9. How do you prefer to receive your information about Brent Council?
(Select all that apply) *

10. Are you aware that you can watch Full Council meetings live on the Council's website? *

Not aware at all
Aware but never used
Aware and use it occasionally
Aware and use it regularly

11. How likely are you to use the webcasting/live stream facility if it was available for other committees?
(Please use the Comment field to add which committees you are most likely to watch) *

Not likely at all
Somewhat likely
Likely
Very likely

Comments:

12. What is your gender? *

Male
Female
Prefer not to say

13. What is your age? *

14. Please select your ethnicity *

15. Do you consider yourself to have a disability?
( Under the Equality Act 2010 disability is defined as: " a physical or mental impairment which has a substantial and long - term adverse effect on your ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities".

Examples include: mobility difficulties; partial or full sight loss; partial or full hearing loss; mental health needs; learning disabilities; long term health conditions and illnesses (lasting over 12 months)) *

Yes
No
Prefer not to say

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