Official Statistics

BEIS Public Attitudes Tracker: Winter 2021

Findings from the quarterly BEIS Public Attitudes Tracker (PAT). Revised May 2022.

• From: Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
• Published: 31 March 2022
• Last updated: 31 May 2022 — See all updates

Documents

BEIS Public Attitudes Tracker: Revision note, Winter 2021, UK

PDF, 150 KB, 2 pages

BEIS Public Attitudes Tracker: Technical overview, Winter 2021, UK

PDF, 247 KB, 15 pages

BEIS Public Attitudes Tracker: Net Zero and climate change, Winter 2021, UK

PDF, 319 KB, 4 pages

BEIS Public Attitudes Tracker: Energy infrastructure and energy sources, Winter 2021, UK

PDF, 1.13 MB, 12 pages

BEIS Public Attitudes Tracker: Heat and energy in the home, Winter 2021, UK (Revised May 2022)

PDF, 2.43 MB, 28 pages

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BEIS Public Attitudes Tracker: Consumer issues, Winter 2021, UK

PDF, 1.95 MB, 20 pages

BEIS Public Attitudes Tracker: Winter 2021 – Questionnaire

PDF, 455 KB, 32 pages

BEIS Public Attitudes Tracker: Winter 2021 – Paper Questionnaire

PDF, 180 KB, 20 pages

BEIS Public Attitudes Tracker: Winter 2021 – Excel dataset

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 8.15 MB

BEIS Public Attitudes Tracker: Winter 2021 – CSV labels data

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BEIS Public Attitudes Tracker: Winter 2021 – CSV values data

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Details

The Winter 2021 wave of the PAT was collected between 24 November and 22 December 2021 using the new Address Based Online Survey (ABOS) methodology, covering a sample of 3,706 individuals in the UK.

The new ABOS methodology uses random probability sampling. Respondents are invited to participate through letters sent out to addresses randomly selected from the postcode address file (PAF). They can complete the survey online or on paper.

These results should not be compared with the face-to-face results or online panel results from previous waves due to selection and measurement effects. Details are provided in the Technical Overview report.

The results have been split into six topic-based reports. The reports include the results from Autumn 2021, new results from Winter 2021 and comparisons between the two where possible. The Artificial Intelligence and Worker’s Rights reports were not updated in this wave as questions on these topics were not asked and the latest results on these topics can be found in the Autumn 2021 wave.

User feedback

We are looking into publishing a small number of tables showing demographic breakdowns of key questions. Please get in touch if there is a particular question or breakdown you would find useful.

Revision, May 2022

After the publication of the Winter 2021 report, some minor errors were discovered. Following investigation of these, we have decided to change the base for some analyses. This affects the section on likelihood of installing low carbon heating systems and the section on replacing heating systems. In addition, 2 errors in Figure 6.3 on barriers to installing insulation have been corrected. More details on these changes are set out in the accompanying revision note.

Published 31 March 2022
Last updated 31 May 2022 + show all updates

1. 31 May 2022

   Changes made to the 'Heat and energy in the home, Winter 2021, UK' report. See the revision note for more details.

2. 31 March 2022

   First published.