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 bank notes and run the system that allows electronic payments to take place.
Each of our 12 agencies will hold two meetings a year in their area. There will be around 24 people at each meeting.
We want our panels to be representative. So we’re inviting anyone who is interested to apply for meetings in their region. Then we’ll select people from a range of backgrounds to take part in our first panel meetings.
Details of our next events are below. We’ll be confirming more dates shortly. If you’re interested in getting involved, please complete our form. If we’re coming to your area, we’ll be in touch soon.
Meetings take place from 6pm to 9pm.
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.
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.
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.
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.