Summary of Accounts Survey 2009

This consultation is now closed. These pages are provided for information only.

1. Consultation overview

This consultation is carried out each year to gather residents' views on how the council presents information on how Council Tax is spent.

Every year the council publishes a summary of its accounts which is featured within the council's magazine Thanet Matters. This information is also available for members of the public to view online, or can be made available to anyone on request. The summary of accounts are published to show how public money has been spent during the year and highlights the resources available to the Council and details how these have been used to deliver services to the public.

The consultation asked local people to tell us if the information we presented was useful for residents and to ensure that the summary clearly showed how, and where, your council Tax is being spent.

2. When was the consultation carried out?

May - July 2010

3. Who was consulting?

Financial services - Finance and Corporate Services

4. Who was consulted?

This consultation was open to all members of the public in Thanet.

5. How was the consultation carried out?

The Summary of Accounts were published over two double page spreads within the winter edition of Thanet Matters 2008. Within the article, residents were asked to take part in a survey to give their views on how the information was presented.

The consultation was promoted in Thanet Matters, in local newspapers and on the council's website.
A hard copy survey and online survey were both available for residents to complete.
Members of the council's Residents' Panel were also invited to take part.

6. What was the outcome?

76 people responded to this consultation.

Feedback from the surveys will be used to make any necessary changes to how, where and what information is presented to the public next year.

View the results

7. Further information