Sussex lockdown survey results – majority do not want to send children back to school next week

Forty two per cent of Sussex residents who took our survey said they strongly disagree with the UK government’s plans to begin reopening schools next week.

That is according to our county-wide survey over the weekend which saw thousands take part to have their say on how lockdown is going.

Among the questions, people were asked to what extent they agree with the UK government’s intention for primary schools in England to reopen from Monday (June 1).

One thousand two hundred and eighty four out of 3,033 participants said they strongly disagreed with it. A further 658 people (21.69 per cent) said they just disagreed.

While just 9.1 per cent of participants said they strongly agreed with the policy (276 people) and a further 12.07 per cent just agreed with it (366 people).

Eleven point nine per cent of people neither agreed nor disagreed and 2.9 per cent said they didn’t know.

In another question, residents were asked what they think of the UK Government’s Stay Alert messaging.

Thirty four per cent said they personally felt the message was ‘not at all clear’, while 26.77 per cent said it was ‘not very clear’.

However, just over 20 per cent of survey participants said the messaging was ‘very clear’, and 17.51 per cent said it was ‘slightly clear’.

A further 0.53 per cent of people said they did not know.

People were also asked how they felt Prime Minister Boris Johnson has handled the coronavirus crisis.

More than 37 per cent (1,149 people) said Mr Johnson is doing ‘somewhat well’, while 25.55 per cent (775 people) said ‘not at all well’.

Fifteen per cent said the PM is doing ‘very well’ (466 people) and 20.18 per cent said he is ‘not doing very well’ (775).

Thirty one people (one per cent) said they did not know either way.

By contrast, 46.32 per cent of people said First Minister for Scotland Nicola Sturgeon is doing ‘somewhat well’ and 22.2 per cent said ‘very well’.