YOUNG people and ethnic minority groups are to be targeted to ask what they think of services provided by Redditch Council.

Only 45 young people and 40 people from ethnic backgrounds were among 1,733 residents who responded to a massive council survey on services it provides.

Only three per cent of the respondents were aged 18 to 24 and 2.4 per cent were from ethnic minority groups.

Redditch Council's research and policy officer Alex Urka said: "Citizenship has become part of the national curriculum and I would like to go out to Redditch schools to ask what the children think about the services the council provides. We will talk to children from 13 years old upwards.

"We have to do a reality check to make sure we have the right amount of people satisfied with the services. The survey suggested most people were satisfied with cultural and recreational services but if more young people had responded, it might have shown residents were not satisfied."

Mr Urka said he would be approaching community groups within the town to try to get the views of as many ethnic minority groups as possible.

He said: "When I started the survey I did go to the mosque but I didn't have as many people come forward as I would have liked.

"I will be approaching other groups now such as the All Women's House in Smallwood and the Pakistani Forum."