Scottish Social Attitudes 2015: Attitudes to Government, the National Health Service, the Economy and Standard of Living

This report provides the findings of the core module of the Scottish Social Attitudes Survey 2015 on attitudes to government, the National Health Service, the economy and standard of living.


Table A2.1: How much do you trust the UK Government to work in Scotland's best long-term interest? (1999-2015, column %)

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
% % % % % % % %
Just about always 3 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
Most of the time 29 16 20 17 19 20 21 19
Only some of the time 52 54 55 51 58 50 53 52
Almost never 14 26 22 26 20 26 21 24
(Don't know) - - - - - 2 3 3
(Not answered) - - - - - * * -
Sample size 1482 1663 1605 1665 1508 1637 1549 1594
2007 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2015  
% % % % % % %  
Just about always 3 2 3 3 4 3 2  
Most of the time 32 23 19 15 28 23 21  
Only some of the time 44 48 51 49 45 45 44  
Almost never 18 24 23 31 22 27 31  
(Don't know) 3 3 3 2 2 3 2  
(Not answered) * - - - - - -  
Sample size 1508 1482 1495 1197 1229 1497 1288  

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