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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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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Populus. (September 19, 2016). 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? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 01, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/620419/opinion-on-blame-sharing-for-failed-governmental-contracted-jobs-uk/
Populus. "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?." Chart. September 19, 2016. Statista. Accessed September 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/620419/opinion-on-blame-sharing-for-failed-governmental-contracted-jobs-uk/
Populus. (2016). 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?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/620419/opinion-on-blame-sharing-for-failed-governmental-contracted-jobs-uk/
Populus. "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?." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 Sep 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/620419/opinion-on-blame-sharing-for-failed-governmental-contracted-jobs-uk/
Populus, 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? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/620419/opinion-on-blame-sharing-for-failed-governmental-contracted-jobs-uk/ (last visited September 01, 2024)
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? [Graph], Populus, September 19, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/620419/opinion-on-blame-sharing-for-failed-governmental-contracted-jobs-uk/
