Opinion on responsibility for failed governmental contracted projects in the UK 2016

Published by Statista Research Department, Sep 19, 2016

This statistic shows the public opinion in the United Kingdom (UK) related to the parties tending to take the blame for failed public services that were contracted out. From the respondents, 37 percent thought that no one tended to take the blame.

Thinking about the public services that are contracted out to private companies/organizations, when something goes wrong who do you feel tends to take the blame?

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Release date

September 2016

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

August 24th to August 25th, 2016

Number of respondents

2,033 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

This question was phrased by the source as follows:
Some public services, such as help for people leaving prison, care home management, and waste collections, are partly delivered by private sector companies or charities rather than directly by the government. Thinking about the public services that are contracted out to private companies/organisations, when something goes wrong who do you feel ...?
- Tends to take the blame.

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