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DESNZ Public Attitudes Tracker

This page brings together all documents relating to the Public Attitudes Tracker (PAT).

This triannual survey collects data on public awareness, behaviours and attitudes relating to the department’s policy areas.

Public Attitudes Tracker updates

Up to Winter 2022, the Public Attitudes Tracker (PAT) was conducted by the former Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. From Spring 2023 onwards, following departmental restructuring, the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) is now responsible for the PAT.

The Autumn wave, which largely covered topics that do not fall within the remit of DESNZ, has now been dropped, reducing the frequency of the survey from 4 to 3 times a year.

In response to feedback, a summary of questions covered by the PAT since Autumn 2021 has been created.

We are always interested in receiving feedback from users. If you have further thoughts or questions, please contact PAT@energysecurity.gov.uk

Latest results

The most recent reports published for each topic are:

DESNZ Public Attitudes Tracker: Winter 2023:

  • Net Zero and climate change
  • Energy infrastructure and energy sources
  • Heat and energy in the home
  • Energy bills and tariffs

DESNZ Public Attitudes Tracker: Spring 2023:

  • Consumer issues

BEIS Public Attitudes Tracker: Autumn 2022:

  • Workers’ rights

BEIS Public Attitudes Tracker: Summer 2022:

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Business and trade

Methodology changes

The data time series was restarted in Autumn 2021 following COVID with a new methodology using address-based online surveying (ABOS), and the results since then have been divided into topic areas. See BEIS Public Attitudes Tracker: Developments Summer 2021 for more details of the Autumn 2021 changes.

Due to the impacts of COVID-19, Wave 34 to Wave 37 data was collected via an online panel.

In earlier waves data was collected through face-to-face in-home interviews.

Contact us

If you have questions or you would like further information, please contact: PAT@energysecurity.gov.uk.

DESNZ Public Attitudes Tracker

BEIS Public Attitudes Tracker

BEIS updated the survey in 2018:

  • to cover the full remit of the department’s priorities including consumer markets and employment rights
  • increasing the sample size from approximately 2,000 to 4,000 users to allow a more meaningful breakdown of data
  • to produce more engaging outputs

Public Attitudes Tracker Review

BEIS Public Attitudes Tracker: energy and climate change

On 14 July 2016, the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) merged with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), to form the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS): the survey remained focused on attitudes to energy and climate change.

DECC Public Attitudes Tracker: energy and climate change

In March 2012 the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) launched a tracking survey to understand and monitor public attitudes to the department’s main business priorities.

Published 3 September 2013
Last updated 7 March 2024 + show all updates
  1. DESNZ Public Attitudes Tracker: Winter 2023 published.

  2. DESNZ Public Attitudes Tracker: Summer 2023 published.

  3. Our user survey on requirements for the new Public Attitudes Tracker contract has closed.

  4. We would like your views to help inform our requirements for the new Public Attitudes Tracker contract. Please respond to our survey by 1 September 2023.

  5. Added DESNZ Public Attitudes Tracker: Spring 2023.

  6. Collection page updated to include Winter 2022 Public Attitudes Tracker

  7. Autumn 2022 edition of the publication linked to collection page

  8. The collection page has been updated to link to the latest edition of the publication

  9. Updates to collection page and link to latest edition of publication

  10. Updating to link to latest release of the publication

  11. We have added the results from the Autumn 2021 survey.

  12. We have added the 'BEIS Public Attitudes Tracker: Developments Summer 2021' document.

  13. Updating to include link to latest edition of the publication

  14. We have added the results from Wave 36.

  15. We have added the results from Wave 35.

  16. We have added the results from Wave 34.

  17. We have added the results from Wave 33.

  18. Link to wave 32 of the Public Attitudes Tracker added

  19. We have added the results of Wave 31 of the Public Attitudes Tracker.

  20. BEIS Public Attitudes Tracker Wave 30 added.

  21. BEIS Public Attitudes Tracker Wave 29 added.

  22. Public Attitudes Tracker Wave 28 added.

  23. Public Attitudes Tracker Wave 26 published.

  24. PAT Wave 25 published.

  25. Public Attitudes Tracker Wave 24 published.

  26. Public Attitudes Tracker: Wave 23 published

  27. Wave 22 published.

  28. Wave 21.

  29. Wave 20 published.

  30. Public Attitudes Tracking Survey: Wave 19 published

  31. Wave 18.

  32. Wave 17 results added

  33. Latest data from Wave 16 published

  34. Public Attitudes Tracker wave 15 released

  35. Public Attitudes Tracker wave 14 released

  36. Latest survey published.

  37. Latest survey findings published.

  38. First published.