Written question asked by Emily Thornberry (Labour) on Monday, 11 July 2022, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 14 July 2022 (named day). It was answered by Alan Mak (Conservative) on Thursday, 14 July 2022 on behalf of the Treasury.

Treasury: Hanbury Strategy

Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) dates, (b) locations and (c) target group were, defined by demographic breakdown, work status or age of the twice-weekly focus groups carried out for his Department by Hanbury Strategy Ltd. between 1 January 2021 and 31 January 2022 under the terms of procurement contract reference CCZZ20A84.

Answer

Details of focus group activity carried out by Hanbury Strategy upon instruction from HM Treasury between 1 January 2021 and 31 January 2022 are detailed below.

Unless otherwise specified two groups per week were undertaken. Groups were split by the demographic detailed in the demographic information column.

Date	Location	Demographic information
W/C 11 January 2021	South West	Income
W/C 18 January	North East	Age
W/C 25 January	East Midlands	Age
W/C 1 February 2021	South West	Income
W/C 8 February	East England	Urban status
W/C 15 February	West Midlands	Gender
W/C 22 February	North West	Gender
W/C 1 March 2021	West Midlands	Age
W/C 1 March	West Midlands	Age
W/C 8 March	Yorkshire and the Humber	Furlough status
W/C 15 March	Scotland	Information not held
W/C 22 March	Wales	Gender
W/C 29 March	England	Ethnicity
W/C 12 April	England	Age
W/C 26 April	England	Age
W/C 10 May 2021	North East, North West, Midlands, Yorkshire and Humber	Urban status
W/C 17 May	South East	Age
W/C 25 May	South West	Urban status
W/C 7 June 2021	East of England	Furlough status
W/C 14 June	England (excl. London)	Self-employed
W/C 21 June	West Midlands	Furlough status
W/C 28 June	North East	Age
W/C 5 July	London	Age
W/C 12 July	South West	Age
W/C 19 July	North West	Age
W/C 26 July	South East	Urban status
W/C 9 August 2021	East Midlands	Age
W/C 16 August	London, North East	Ethnicity and gender
W/C 23 August	West Midlands	Electric vehicles / petrol and diesel users
WC 30 August	North West	Age
WC 6 September 2021	East of England	Age
WC 13 September	Scotland	Independence view
WC 20 September	Yorkshire and the Humber	Furlough status
WC 27 September	Wales	Age
WC 4 October 2021	South West	Age
WC 11 October	North East	Age
WC 18 October	North West	Age
WC 25 October	Midlands	Age
WC 1 November 2021	South East	Age
WC 8 November	Yorkshire and the Humber	Income
WC 15 November	East of England	Age
WC 22 November	South West	Age
WC 29 November	North East	Age
WC 6 December 2021	East Midlands	Employment status
WC 13 December	Scotland	Independence

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Type: Written question
Reference: 33730
Session: 2022-23
Subjects: Contracts Public opinion Treasury Hanbury Strategy
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk

Treasury: Hanbury Strategy

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