Introduction The nation's budget deficit and the need to rein in public spending is being discussed extensively. Worcestershire County Council has already had a reduction in funding and expects further reductions in the future. We are planning our response carefully as we simply will not be able to afford everything we currently do in the same way going forward. This is the Better Outcomes, Lean Delivery (BOLD) programme through which we aim to reduce annual spending by £45million by 2013/14. Understanding your views is very important to us. In the following questions we ask for your opinions about services we provide. Q1 With the current pressures on funding for local government, there is a real need to reduce spending on local public services. Please tell us how strongly you agree or disagree with reducing the level of service provision for the following services? PLEASE TICK ONE ONLY FOR EACH SERVICE   Strongly agree   Tend to agree   Neither agree nor disagree   Tend to disagree   Strongly disagree   Don't know   Network Control, Community and Response             Planning and communicating road repairs, dealing with planning applications for roads and reducing accidents.             Sustainable Transport and Transportation Services                         Bus services and planning for transport provision             Highways and Countryside                         Road maintenance (repairing potholes) and maintaining public rights of way and Country Parks             Engineering and Asset Management                         Resurfacing roads and repairing bridges             Waste Management                         Waste management including household recycling sites                         Libraries and Learning                         21 libraries, mobile service and library service at home for disabled people and provides adult learning programmes             Heritage Services                         County Museum, Record Office, Archaeology and Arts Service             Older People - Social Care                         Support and social care for vulnerable older people. This can include residential or nursing care and support for people living at home             Physical Disabilities - Social Care                         Support for people with a physical disability             Learning Disabilities - Social Care                         Support for people with a learning disability             Mental Health - Social Care                         Support for people with a mental health problem and dementia. This can include nursing or residential care and care to support people to live at home             Supporting People                         The provision of housing related support for the vulnerable (enabling greater independence for the elderly, people with a disability, through to reducing reoffending rates)             Youth Support                         Provision of support and facilities for children and young people (youth service)             Home to School and College Transport                         Provision of home to school transport             Community Partnership                         Provision of sufficient childcare, children's centres, extended schools, arts and music services, services for children leaving care, and promotion of healthy lifestyles             Raising Achievement & Access & Learning                         Raising educational achievement including support for individual children, curriculum advice and support to schools, and careers guidance for young people             Children In Need, Children Looked After and Assessment & Care Management                         Looked after children and support for vulnerable children

About Yourself Please complete these questions which will help us to see if there are differences between the views of different residents. All the information you give will be kept completely confidential. Q2 Are you male or female? PLEASE TICK ONE BOX ONLY     Male   Female

Q3 What was your age on your last birthday? PLEASE WRITE IN THE BOX BELOW (IN YEARS)

Q4 Which of these activities best describes what you are doing at present? PLEASE TICK ONE BOX ONLY     Employed full or part-time   Self employed full or part-time Unemployed Student Retired Doing something else ( AND WRITE IN BELOW)

Q5 Do you have any long-standing illness, disability or infirmity? (Long-standing means anything that has troubled you over a period of time or that is likely to affect you over a period of time.) PLEASE TICK ONE BOX ONLY     Yes   No

Q6 To which of these groups do you consider you belong? PLEASE TICK ONE BOX ONLY     White British   Mixed: White & Asian   White Irish   Any other Mixed background Any other White background   Asian or Asian British: Indian Black or Black British: Caribbean   Asian or Asian British: Pakistani Black or Black British: African   Asian or Asian British: Bangladeshi Any other Black background   Any other Asian background Mixed: White & Black Caribbean   Chinese Mixed: White & Black African   Other ethnic group ( AND WRITE IN BELOW) Join the Worcestershire Viewpoint Panel of Residents If you would like to join the panel, please enter your name and address below. By signing up to the panel, we will ask you to complete 2 surveys per year on the policies and services delivered by local public services across Worcestershire.   Title (Mr/Mrs/Miss/Ms/Other)   Name   Address   Email address (if you would prefer to complete surveys online) Thank you for your time, please click submit.