Households

65% of he households returned completed questionnaires, and from this information we can derive the following:

• Households in the parish have on average three occupants. Approximately 52% of residents are female and 48% male.
• 684 cars and 33 motorcycles are owned by the 548 households responding, with 2/3 of these having adequate parking in a garage, off the road, or in a public car park. 99 households have no vehicles; 242 have one.

Housing

• 431 (40%) respondents would like to see more housing available for local people.
• 286 (26%) feel that no more housing is required.
• 264 (24%) would like to see more housing for the young.
• 28 people (5%) feel that they are in need of alternative accommodation. 17 require this accommodation now, and 16 in the next three years. Starter homes are seen as the greatest need.

RECOMMENDATION: To pass on the housing need information to the Parish Council, West Devon Borough Council and The Housing Association.

Local Information

55% of respondents (598 people) find it easy to access information about local events, 304 people (23%) do not and 18% had no opinion on the matter. Most people learn about village activities via word of mouth, although shop windows, posters and The Bridge Magazine are a good source of information. 47% read The Bridge; the following is a list of the most popular issues it was felt should be included in it:

• Local issues (63%)
• Local history (54%)
• Entertainment (51%)
• Other items included Walks, Personalities, Local Enterprises, Planning Applications and Youth Issues.

Noticeboard

The majority of those expressing an opinion (77%) thought the village should have a noticeboard; of those expressing an opinion 58% felt it should be in the village centre; 27% at a village shop and 26% at the village hall.

RECOMMENDATION: To notify the Parish Council of the above views regarding access to local information and the siting of the noticeboard.

Education & Training

Out of 1,053 respondents (93% of total), 408 (39%) expressed an interest in vocational training. The most popular subjects for vocational training are as follows:

• New technology and computing - 241 people
• Skilled/craft related - 138 people
• Access to higher education - 99 people
• Professional/managerial training - 64 people
• Languages, GCSE and 'A' Level courses and Environmental Studies were seledted by 19 people under other information
• 508 (50%) considered that provision of adult learning in Horrabridge wad either poor or non-existent. Only 31 (3%) felt it was good or reasonable.

If appropriate training were provided, 362 (90%) would be prepared to travel to Horrabridge, 353 (88%) to Tavistock and 121 (30%) to Plymouth.

RECOMMENDATION: To pass this information to Tavistock Community College so that they can be made aware of the level of interest and can provide appropriate publicity of the courses available. It may be worthwhile to included an article in the August/September 1998 issue of the Bridge magazine on the courses to be offered for the 1998/99 academic year.

• 733 (71%) would like to see the school facilities made available to the community.

RECOMMENDATION: Information needs to be forwarded to the headmaster and govenors of the schools as well as to the Horrabridge Community Association.

• 325 (32%) believe that Horrabridge needs a before and after school care scheme. The responses highlighted the most popular operating times for such a scheme (note there are 319 children under 16 in Horrabridge): 7h-8h (67); 8h-9h (137); 1515-1615 (161); 1615-1715 (144); 1715-1815 (89).

RECOMMENDATION: These figures should be sent, for possible consideration, to the relevant bodies, including the govenors and head teacher of the school as well as those responsible for setting up the proposed school nursery.