Written question asked by James Clappison (Conservative) on Wednesday, 17 January 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 26 January 2001. It was answered by Adam Ingram (Labour) on Friday, 26 January 2001 on behalf of the Northern Ireland Office.

Northern Ireland Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list for (a) 1992-93, (b) 1993-94, (c) 1994-95, (d) 1995-96, (e) 1996-97, (f) 1997-98, (g) 1998-99, (h) 1999-2000 and (i) 2000-01, (I) his Department's total spending on quantitative and qualitative surveys of policy issues by focus groups, opinion polling, task forces or other means and (II) the cost of each individual project. - Inc ref to this information could be provided by a manual exercise only at a disproportionate cost.

Answer: Mr. Clappison: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list for (a) 1992-93, (b) 1993-94, (c) 1994-95, (d) 1995-96, (e) 1996-97, (f) 1997-98, (g) 1998-99, (h) 1999-2000 and (i) 2000-01, (I) his Department's total spending on quantitative and qualitative surveys of policy issues by focus groups, opinion polling, task forces or other means and (II) the cost of each individual project. [146586] Mr. Ingram: The Northern Ireland Office accounts structure does not record expenditure in a way that would allow spending on quantitative and qualitative surveys on any issue to be easily identified. This information could be provided by a manual exercise only at a disproportionate cost.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 146586; 361 c771-2W;361 c773-4W
Session: 2000-01
Subjects: Expenditure Government departments Market research Surveys Northern Ireland Office
Contains statistics: Yes
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