Thanks for paying us a visit. This page sets out all you need to know about Bank of England Citizens’ Panels: what they are, why they matter, and how you can get involved. Scroll down for more information, where you can see some pictures from previous events and watch a short video featuring a message from our Chief Economist Andy Haldane. We look forward to meeting you soon.
We’re a public body but we’re independent from the Government.
We’re the UK’s central bank. Our job is to promote the good of the people of the United Kingdom by maintaining monetary and financial stability.
That means managing inflation – the rate at which prices rise – and making sure that the financial system, which includes banks and building societies, functions properly. We also issue banknotes and run the system that allows electronic payments to take place.
Find out more about who we are and what we do.
We hold citizens’ panel meetings around the whole of the UK. Our meetings are usually in the evening and last about three hours. There’ll be free food and refreshments and we offer travel expenses of up to £25.
At your local citizens' panel you can:
Due to the coronavirus outbreak we don’t have any physical panel meetings planned. However, we are running a virtual programme of events.
On Wednesday 20 January between 5pm-6pm we begin the new year with a special virtual session with Governor Andrew Bailey. This session will explore the financial landscape as we head in to 2021 and will look at the important role the Bank plays in maintaining financial stability.
Our regular panel sessions will also continue to run and over the next few months we will be virtually visiting:
If you would like to take part in any of the sessions listed above please sign up to our Citizens’ Panel community Opens in a new window and details will be forwarded. Everyone is welcome to join and all our sessions are free to attend.
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Female voice: Listening is a major part of our lives, when we listen we learn something new. We learn more about ourselves and others, what people like, don't like, love and hate. You told us we need to listen more, so we dedicated time to meeting people around the UK.
For years, we've met with businesses to help us understand local economies better. Now we're also talking to charities, local councils and trade unions. We've launched community forums and learnt about people's achievements and challenges. We've learned through our Future Forum events that economics needs to be accessible to everyone. We even went back to school and learned that students have a lot of questions. We learnt that we need to speak in a way that people can understand.
Andy Haldane: These events are the best single way I found, of really understanding the economic and financial issues people face. That's why we're setting up, right across the UK, Citizens Panels to listen directly to you wherever you live.
Female voice: It's important we carry on learning, so we're running more events to hear from more people. We want to know what you think about the economy and what can be done to make things better in your community.
By this application form for Citizens’ Panels (“Panels”), the Bank of England (“we” or the “Bank”) collects personal data about you. This information includes contact details, varied demographic information and your opinions about the economy.
We collect your personal data to evaluate public understanding of the UK economy and the Bank’s mission. We also collect a broad range of information to assist us in identifying a varied sample of individuals to be invited to our Citizens’ Panel events.
This is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority of the Bank. To the extent to which you provide us with any special categories of personal data, including diversity information, our basis for processing this data is that it is necessary for reasons of substantial public interest.
Citizens’ Panel application
We use the information to develop the Panel events and ensure that attendees are representative of the UK population. Your opinions may also influence how we conduct the Bank’s mission as relevant to the Bank’s policy, analytical, operational and supervisory work.
We use a third party provider, WorldAPP Inc, based in the United States, to provide the KeySurvey online application form. WorldAPP Inc participates in, and has certified its compliance with, a recognised EU-U.S. privacy framework. For more information about WorldAPP Inc’s security practices and privacy policy visit https://www.keysurvey.com/privacy-policy.
If you are not selected for the Panel, we will keep your personal data for 3 years. If you are selected for the Panel, we will keep your personal data for 5 years from your last interaction with us. If at any time, you no longer wish to be involved, you can let us know at outreach@bankofengland.co.uk.
Panel events
If selected, you will receive an invitation to participate in the Panel and we will use your personal data to co-ordinate your attendance and for event management.
You will be required to bring identity documentation with you to any event so that we can ensure that only people who have been granted places as members of the Panel will be able to enter. We will use this along with the information that you provide to us in your application to verify your identity, and to carry out appropriate security checks as deemed necessary by the Bank.
Please be aware that audio recordings may be made of conversations which take place during the event in order for us to be able to accurately capture your points of view.
You can request that we no longer use your personal data, by writing to us at the address below.
Further engagement
If selected, we will contact you about Panel events. We may also contact you about other information or opportunities that may be of interest to you, depending on the options you have selected in the application form.
You have a number of rights under data protection laws (for example, you have the right to ask us for a copy of the personal data the Bank holds about you. This is known as a ‘Subject Access Request’). You can ask us to change how we process or deal with your personal data, and you may also have the right in some circumstances to have your personal data amended or deleted.
To find out more about those rights, to make a complaint, or to contact our Data Protection Officer, please see our website at bankofengland.co.uk/privacy.
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