To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many contracts for public opinion research his Department has awarded since 1 May; if he will indicate the (a) purpose, (b) cost, (c) value and (d) duration of each contract; and which companies (i) bid for and (ii) were awarded each contract. [28878]
[holding answer 10 February 1998]: Details of the contracts for public opinion research placed since 1 May 1997 by the Central Office of Information, on behalf of the Department, are as follows:
Description of contract
| Date
| Type
| Value (£)
| Agency
|
| Research into Levels of Awareness of the National | January 1998 | Qualitative | 19,693 | Ted Hudson |
| Training Organisations Among Employers, | ||||
| Partners, and TECs | ||||
| New Deal Leaflet Creative Development Research | January 1998 | Qualitative | 20,398 | Came Martin |
| Careers Service Corporate Identity Research | January 1998 | Qualitative | 17,590 | Eureka |
| DfEE Website Evaluation | February—March 1998 | Qualitative | 37,530 | Research International |
| Disability Discrimination Act Small Employers | February—March 1998 | Quantitative | 19,881 | Numbers |
| Consultation Analysis | ||||
| Disability Discrimination Act Creative | February 1998 | Qualitative | 14,335 | Carne Martin |
| Development Research | ||||
| Disability Discrimination Act Research Among | February 1998 | Quantitative | 17,202 | RSGB |
| General Public | ||||
| Research Among Potential Target Audience into | February 1998 | Qualitative | 17,496 | Ted Hudson |
| Perceived Need for Individual Learning | ||||
| Accounts | ||||
| National Traineeships Creative Development | February 1998 | Qualitative | 14,300 | Carne Martin |
| Research | ||||
| Disability Discrimination Act Information Line | March 1998 | Quantitative | 16,685 | BJM |
| Research | ||||
| Careers Service Publications Research | March 1998 | Qualitative | 34,463 | SW1 |
| Career Development Loans Campaign Response | March 1998 | Quantitative | 12,500 | The Research Business |
| Research | ||||
| Career Development Loans Awareness Research | March 1998 | Quantitative | 12,500 | RSL |
The names of unsuccessful companies who pitched for these contracts are commercial in confidence.