Q. Do you agree or disagree with the following statements about privatisation of Government-owned assets like electricity, water, rail, ports, etc?
|
Total agree |
Total disagree |
|
Strongly agree |
Agree |
Disagree |
Strongly disagree |
Don’t know |
|
| Selling off public utilities to private companies will help the economy |
25% |
53% |
4% |
21% |
28% |
25% |
22% |
|
| Selling Government assets frees up money to reallocate to other services and infrastructure |
38% |
44% |
5% |
33% |
27% |
17% |
18% |
|
| Privatisation mainly benefits the corporate sector |
70% |
13% |
29% |
41% |
10% |
3% |
17% |
|
| Utilities like water and power suppliers are too important to be sold off |
72% |
13% |
40% |
32% |
10% |
3% |
14% |
|
| Private companies can run public utilities more efficiently than Governments |
36% |
39% |
|
7% |
29% |
24% |
15% |
24% |
| Privatisation means more competition which benefits consumers |
33% |
49% |
|
6% |
27% |
29% |
20% |
19% |
| Private companies deliver better quality services than Government-run organisations |
33% |
46% |
|
6% |
27% |
29% |
17% |
22% |
| Prices always increase more when services are privatised |
70% |
13% |
|
34% |
36% |
11% |
2% |
16% |
There was strongest agreement with the statements “Utilities like water and power suppliers are too important to be sold off” (72%), “Privatisation mainly benefits the corporate sector” (70%) and “Prices always increase more when services are privatised” (70%).