A total of 203 people would like to see more jobs available in the Parish. 131 people were in favour of more jobs in agriculture, fishing and forestry, 84 in manufacturing, 72 in horticulture and 76 in home working.

56% of those giving an opinion would support a proposal for a few small-scale light industrial workshops, whilst 72% are not in favour of the larger type of industrial workshop development.

78% of the workforce responding to the questions on employment work within the Parish or within ten miles of the Parish. 22% work at distances of more than 10 miles from the Parish.

The question on occupational status attracted 334 replies and showed 32% to be employed, 24% to be self-employed, 12% to be engaged in full-time education or Government training schemes and 20% to be wholly retired.

What kind of work do you do?

The majority are employed in the skilled manual group (41%), with those working in the professional category coming next with 26%.

Of those seeking paid employment the skilled manual and managerial categories each accounted for 16% of responses, and the unskilled manual and clerical sectors 9% each. Professional work sought accounted for 28% of replies and retail opportunities 12% of replies.

Unemployed individuals actively seeking employment represent 0.6% of the reported Parish workforce and the long term unemployed a significantly smaller proportion even than that.

Of those respondents seeking employment or alternative employment, approximately 40% are seeking full-time posts, 23% part-time posts (15-30 hrs/week) and 37% parttime work of less than 15 hours per week.

The most frequently quoted obstacle to employment was "lack of employment opportunities", although the absence of qualifications and of appropriate experience featured quite highly, as did family commitments and the imposition ' of benefit restrictions resulting from employment itself.

86 people in the Parish run a small business and together they employ a further 56. By far the majority (55) of these businesses are in agriculture, with 11 in the professional services.

A further 8 people intend to become self-employed. However 44 people believe that there are obstacles to becoming selfemployed. Difficulty in acquiring start up finance was the main reason given, but other undefined reasons also appear to be a significant barrier to self-employment.

" We are concerned about the general speed of traffic through the village of Inwardleigh ... we feel there should be a speed limit and signs. There are many young children in the village and we feel they are at risk. "

179 people thought improvements to the bus service were necessary. Most respondents looked for better timing of services and more appropriate bus routes.

On the question of bus service awareness, fewer than 50% of parishioners were aware of the Ring & Ride Car Service, the Tavistock/Plymouth Bus Service, the Okehampton/Hatherleigh Bus Service and the Torrington/Bideford/Barnstaple Bus Service.

Environmental concern was recorded by 120 people with respect to litter, whilst concerns over smells, noise and light pollution were registered by at least 58 people. Concerns over effluence were recorded by 86 respondents.

This significant response to pollution issues was supported by a substantial and positive response in favour of tree preservation, wildlife protection, footpath maintenance and the maintenance of gates and stiles.

Altogether 92% of all respondents want to see our countryside maintained or improved.

Although only 65 people expressed a preference for specific environmental projects, 83 individuals were prepared to participate in community led environmental enhancement projects.

Police coverage was thought to be good by only 24 people, whilst 112 considered it to be reasonable and 137 thought it poor.

The priority areas for policing were thought to be Community Policing (245 votes) followed by Criminal Investigation (196 votes).

It is understandable, therefore, that 202 respondents gave solid support to the Inwardleigh Neighbourhood Watch Scheme. However, over six years after the scheme's inception, it was noted that 84 respondents appeared to be unaware of this property protection initiative which involves many households.