Putting the Community First BARNED ore LT) Barnet Council’s Schools Parking Permit ConsultationBarnet schools currently face a number of issues with the recruitment and retention of staff such as: + we border inner London boroughs that offer higher weighting salaries, + neighbouring boroughs offer more assistance with housing and travel currently + some neighbouring boroughs already offer schools parking permits. The council would like to assist schools within the borough to attract and retain staff. We have already carried out extensive engagement with schools and we are working with the Head of School Improvement to try to attract teachers to work in Barnet. One of the ways which the council has been asked to assist is to introduce a schools parking permit scheme. However, the council is also committed, through its Parking Policy, to ensure that residents can park close to their homes, and that our schools travel plan supports the use of sustainable transport (for example: walking, cycling and public transport use for journeys to and from schools). The council has identified a scheme that would seek to balance these conflicting priorities, in particular the proposed scheme would: + seek to ensure residents can park as near to their home as possible by offering a maximum number of permits to a school based on the availability of parking spaces! + allow schools to determine which staff receives those parking permits + Only permit schools that have a school travel plan in place to take part in the scheme. The council would like to hear your views on the proposed schools parking permit scheme, and in particular we want to know: + if you support or oppose the scheme in principle + why you support or oppose the scheme + any suggestions you may have to enhance the proposals. Your views and opinions are important to us and will help inform the final decision. The questionnaire should only take about five minutes of your time. Thank you for your time — your participation in this important consultation is greatly appreciated ‘With the introduction of a new system the council can identify, on a street by street basis, the number of car parking spaces and the number of resident permits in that street and therefore identify where spare capacity is available. Page 2 of 10Please read these instructions carefully before answering the survey The questionnaire has been designed to make it as easy as possible for you to fill in. Most questions only require you to put a tick in one option or give your views but please read the instructions for answering each question carefully. Please check that you have answered all the questions that apply to you. Please be assured that all your answers will be treated in the strictest confidence and will be stored securely in an anonymous format. Alll information is stored in accordance with our responsibilities under the Data Protection Act 1998. Bocca Cue re ee ue Page 3 of 10If a schools parking permit scheme was introduced it would allow schools that reside in a Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ) to offer parking permits to their staff. The individual permits would only be valid: * in particular streets and only where there is available parking space” © during term time © Monday to Friday. To take part in the scheme the school would need to have a school travel plan’ in place. 4. To what extent do you support or oppose the introduction of schools permit as outlined above? (Please tick (Y) one box only) Strongly Tend to Tend to Strongly Don't know! support support oppose oppose not sure a a a O Goto Q3 2. Please give your reasons why you support or oppose the scheme: (Please write in your answer) 3. Do you have any other suggestions that may enhance the way in which the schools permit scheme could work, or do you wish to make any additional comments in support or opposition of the scheme? (Please write in your answer) with the introduction of a new system the council can identify, on a street by street basis, the number of car parking spaces and the number of resident permits in that street and therefore identify where spare gapacity is available. You can read more about Schoo! Travel Plans by visiting https://baret. gov, uk/citizen-home/schools-and- education/school-transport/sustainable-travel-to-school-school-travel-pians.htm! Page 4 of 10SECs er When consulting with our residents and service users Barnet Council needs to understand the views of our different communities. Please be assured that all your answers will be treated in the strictest confidence and will be stored securely. All information is stored in accordance with our responsibilities under the Data Protection Act 1998. 4, So that we can analyse the findings by different locations in the borough, please can you provide your post code ensuring you exclude the last letter (excluding the last letter of your post code means that we will not be able to identify your address and your questionnaire responses will remain anonymous). Please write in the box below. Remember to exclude the last letter of your post code. 5, Are you responding as a: Please tick (Y) one OPTION only ‘Bamet resident ; O | cotoas Business based in Barnet QO (covcas Bamet resident and business -O cotas Representing a voluntary/community organisation () Gotoaé | Representing a public sector organisation Q Gotoa7 Other (please specify sessssses ocstssesttte Q cotoas 6. Please specify the type of stakeholders or residents your community group or voluntary organisation represents: 7. Please specify the type of public sector organisation you are representing: If you are a voluntary/community or public sector organisation you do not have to answer the Diversity Monitoring questions and you have completed the survey. Page 6 of 108. Are you responding as a: Please tick (”) one OPTION only CPZ Permit holder oo Q Gora ‘Non Permit Hoider who lives ii — a Go to Q 10 _| Q GotoQ10 Z| Qa — 9, Please tell us the Zone of the CPZ you are in: (Please write in your answer) (Please visit www.barnettraffweb.co.uk or see the parking signs in your street to find the zone) - Page 6 of 10,a EEMithiEee cielo) Bamet Council is required by law, under the Equality Act 2010, to pay due regard to equalities in eliminating unlawful discrimination, advancing equality of opportunity and fostering good relations between people from different groups. One way we do this is to assess the impact of our services and practices on different groups. The information collected here will help the council to ensure that our policies and services are fair and accessible, assess the impact of policies, services and decisions on the protected characteristics covered by the Act and demonstrate compliance with the law. To assist us in complying with our duty under the Equality Act 2010 we would like to encourage you to complete the following questions. Collecting this information will help us understand the needs of our different communities. Please be assured that all the answers you provide will be treated in the strictest confidence and will be stored securely in an anonymous format. Alll information will be stored in accordance with our responsibilities under the Data Protection Act 1998. For the purposes of this questionnaire we are asking seven of the protected characteristics included in the Equality Act 2010. 10. Are you male or female? Please tick (v) one OPTION only “Male QGoto Q12 | Female O oye not oil 11. Are you pregnant and/or on maternity leave? (Please tick (¥) one option on each row) Yes No | Prefer not to say | Lam pregnant aoa a am currently on maternity leave aq oa a 12, What is your age group? (Please tick (v) one option only) 64 7 Under 18 a 55.64 a 18-24 (O67 Q 25-34 a 75+ ees 35-44 - Q Prefer not to say a | 45-54 a - - Page 7 of 1043. What is your ethnic origi Asian ‘Bangladeshi Chinese Indian “Pakistani i Any other Asian background (“” | AND WRITE BELOW) Black African British | Caribbean “Any other Black / African 7 Caribbean background [O Gypsy or irish Traveller irish Q trish a —Q Turkish /Turkish Cypriot = “Any other White background in? (Please tick (7) one option only) Oo Greek / Greek Cypriot LC AND WRITE BELOW) _ Other (O Arab a g | Anyother ethnic group (7G AND WRITE BELOW) Q Prefer not to say Qa | White and Asian lo i eal al | White and Black African a} White and Black Caribbean a | Any other Mixed / Multiple ethnic | | background (“W AND WRITE la | BELOW) I || —____1 Page 8 of 10The Equality Act 2010 defines disability as, ‘a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on his or her ability to carry out normal day-to- day activities’. In this definition, long-term means more than 12 months and would cover long-term illness such as cancer and HIV or mental health problems. 44. Do you consider that you have a disability as outlined above? (Please tick {¥) one option only) YesQ No O (Please go to Q15) If you have answered ‘yes’, please select the definition(s) from the list below that best describes your disability/disabilities: Hearing (Such as deaf, partially Q Reduced Physical Capacity | Q deaf or hard of hearing) | (euch as inability to lift, carry | or otherwise move everyday objects, debilitating pain and | lack of strength, breath energy or stamina, asthma, angina or diabetes) _ | Vision (such as blind or 'Q Severe Disfigurement = 0. fractional/partial sight. Does not include people whose visual | Learning Difficulties (euch | problems can be corrected by as dyslexia) glasses/contact lenses) ee ‘Speech (such as impairments that | Mental Illness (substantial can cause communication and lasting more than a year, | problems) such as severe depression or een psychoses) | Mobility (such as wheelchair user, a Physical Co-ordination Qa | artificial lower limb(s), walking aids, (such as manual dexterity, | rheumatism or arthritis) muscular control, cerebral e __palsy) "Other disability, please specify _ |Prefernottosay © 15. What is your religion or belief? Please tick (¥) one option only | Agnostic a Jain a “Atheist i Jewish a Bahai a Musim a Buddhist a Sikh a ‘Christian a NoRelgion a | a Other religion/belief ja” | Hindu (Please | _ pe | specify) Humanist Prefer not to say fa Page 9 of 1046. What is your sexual orientation? 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