Government subsidy for private provision of public services - trends

Q Do you think that giving people a government subsidy to use private hospitals will make the NHS better, worse or make no difference at all? Q Do you think that giving people a government subsidy to use private schools will make the state schools better, worse or make no difference at all?

Q Do you think that giving people a government subsidy to use private hospitals will make the NHS better, worse or make no difference at all?

 2-4 July200421-25 April2005
 %%
Better2127
Worse31 31
Makes no difference41 36
Don't know6 6

Base (2004): 1,002 GB adults aged 16+Base (2005): 1,106 GB adults aged 18+

Q Do you think that giving people a government subsidy to use private schools will make schools better, worse or make no difference at all?

 2-4 July2004*21-25 April2005
 %%
Better 1218
Worse 3632
Makes no difference 4641
Don't know 69

Base (2004): 1,002 GB adults aged 16+ Base (2005): 1,106 GB adults aged 18+*Asked in 2004 as "Do you think that giving people a government subsidy to use private schools will make the state schools better, worse or make no difference at all?

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