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The following chart shows that respondents think ‘collecting rubbish and recycling’ is the most important service area now (73%).
The following table shows variation by postcode district between the top three services areas chosen by respondents, ‘collecting rubbish and recycling’ was most popular across the board.
wdt_ID | Postcode district | Service 1 | Service 2 | Service 3 |
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1 | PO1 | Collecting rubbish and recycling | Providing social care services for vulnerable children and keeping them safe | Providing social care services for elderly people and those with disabilities and helping them to lead independent lives |
2 | PO2 | Collecting rubbish and recycling | Providing social care services for elderly people and those with disabilities and helping them to lead independent lives | Providing social care services for vulnerable children and keeping them safe |
3 | PO3 | Collecting rubbish and recycling | Providing social care services for elderly people and those with disabilities and helping them to lead independent lives | Providing social care services for vulnerable children and keeping them safe |
4 | PO4 | Collecting rubbish and recycling | Providing social care services for elderly people and those with disabilities and helping them to lead independent lives | Providing social care services for vulnerable children and keeping them safe |
5 | PO5 | Collecting rubbish and recycling | Providing social care services for elderly people and those with disabilities and helping them to lead independent lives | Providing social care services for vulnerable children and keeping them safe |
6 | PO6 | Collecting rubbish and recycling | Providing social care services for elderly people and those with disabilities and helping them to lead independent lives | Providing social care services for vulnerable children and keeping them safe |
The following table shows the most popular themes from a thematic analysis of the reasons why respondents chose certain service areas, most popular was choosing an area that would support the residents of Portsmouth.
wdt_ID | Responses | % |
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1 | Important to support residents | 43 |
2 | Cleanliness is important | 23 |
3 | Important to respondent personally | 23 |
4 | Important to invest in the economy | 17 |
5 | All services are important | 11 |
6 | Seen as the ‘essential’ services | 10 |
7 | Leisure/ recreational facilities are important | 7 |
8 | Would improve city/ citizen’s lives | 6 |
9 | Important to support schools/ education | 6 |
10 | Open spaces are important | 5 |
Some of our residents have said:
“Because I believe they matter to me the most and will help a lot of people in our area.”
“It is important to protect and support the most vulnerable, and to ensure the environment we all live in is fit for good health.”
“There are so many people living in the city it is important to keep it clean and tidy, and free of rubbish, to stop the spread of germs and disease, and to make the city attractive to tourists, which we need to generate income.”
The following chart shows the most popular areas for future investment are related to the environment; 45% chose making refuse collections more environmentally friendly and 41% selected increasing sustainable travel.
The following table shows that there is variation by postcode district between the top three services areas chosen by respondents.
wdt_ID | Postcode district | Area 1 | Area 2 | Area 3 |
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1 | PO1 | Investing in facilities for walking and cycling, increasing sustainable travel | Making our rubbish and recycling collections more environmentally friendly | Increasing school places and other provision for children with special educational needs |
3 | Making urgent repairs to school buildings | |||
4 | PO2 | Making our rubbish and recycling collections more environmentally friendly | Investing in facilities for walking and cycling, increasing sustainable travel | Making urgent repairs to school buildings |
5 | PO3 | Making our rubbish and recycling collections more environmentally friendly | Investing in facilities for walking and cycling, increasing sustainable travel | Increasing greening in the city |
6 | Making urgent repairs to school buildings | |||
7 | PO4 | Making our rubbish and recycling collections more environmentally friendly | Investing in facilities for walking and cycling, increasing sustainable travel | Making urgent repairs to school buildings |
11 | Investing in leisure facilities (e.g. swimming facilities and gyms) | |||
12 | PO5 | Making our rubbish and recycling collections more environmentally friendly | Investing in facilities for walking and cycling, increasing sustainable travel | Making urgent repairs to school buildings |
13 | PO6 | Making our rubbish and recycling collections more environmentally friendly | Making urgent repairs to school buildings | Investing in facilities for walking and cycling, increasing sustainable travel |
The following table shows the most popular themes from a thematic analysis of the reasons why respondents chose certain service areas for future investment, over one third felt that environment improvements need to be prioritised (35%).
wdt_ID | Reasons for areas chosen | % |
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1 | Environmental improvements | 35 |
2 | Supporting residents | 23 |
3 | Important to respondent personally | 19 |
4 | Supporting education/ schools | 19 |
5 | Improving city facilities | 17 |
6 | Important to City/ residents | 8 |
7 | Council IT efficiencies | 6 |
8 | All areas need investment | 5 |
9 | Invest for future | 4 |
10 | Investment in economy | 4 |
Some of our residents have said:
“I’d like these areas given priority because they reflect my own interests.”
“We have to be more environmentally friendly in what we have used and how we get about, schools need to be more inclusive for those pupils who struggle at mainstream, and there needs to be more availability for their educational needs to be met.”
“Environmental protection will benefit the overall health, wellbeing and sustainability of Portsmouth residents and businesses. I do not feel you can improve lives for residents without considering this in all future planning decisions.”