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Written question asked by Lord Maude of Horsham (Conservative) on Monday, 3 November 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 5 November 2008. It was answered by Pat McFadden (Labour) on Tuesday, 18 November 2008 on behalf of the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform.


Departmental Databases

Question
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Rochford and Southend East of 9 October 2008, Official Report, column 711W, on departmental databases, in what way the MOSAIC data was used to segment audiences during the campaign.
Answer

The National Minimum Wage publicity campaign used MOSAIC data to help map concentrations of low paid workers. This mapping was instrumental in enabling the Department to run a regionally based campaign that reached its target audiences in a cost efficient and effective way.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
483 c421W; 233397
Session
2007-08
Related items
Departmental Databases
Thursday, 9 October 2008
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Databases Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
Link
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